IMF package leads Pakistan to disaster

A short-term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation

A star spender with clipped wings

The ambitious Indian space programme, despite occasional setbacks, has had its share of success. A backgrounder to the programme which is very …

Oiling the wheels of globallisation

The Commission on Global Governance calls for a democratic world governance to deal with increasing global interdependence

Clean and profitable

Pollution control methods are an investment that ensure long-term profits for the corporate sector

Peace, and war in Angola

Even as the government of Angola, mulls over a second draft of a legislation on land rights, aid and humanitarian organisations point out it …

Building back after COVID-19 blow can create safer livelihoods for transgender community 

The pandemic restrictions robbed the community of their livelihood options

GDP obsession

If the growth rate is so great, why are the poor not getting a taste of it?

Literacy as a yardstick of social health

The Bank and the pauper

Wanted - a second wave

THE TRUE STATE OF THE PLANET -Edited by Ronald Bailey ,The Free Prees:$15

Diabolic deed

Young scientists' meet

Scientists urge to strike a balance between development and environment

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

"His thought leads out of the prison of routinized, sterile, preconceived notions"

India Poised A Times of India celebration

Now that the vote's been won

How should tribal owners profit from forest wealth?

The gross tribal produce of Bastar is in excess of Rs 1,000 crore a year. Tribals, 'owners' of the minor forest produce -- in terms of the …

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like

Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change

Clinton proposes talks on jobs

Burdened by rising joblessness, US President Bill Clinton wants world leaders to meet to find a solution to the vexing problem

Can USA provide all the solutions?

MANAGEMENT FOR A SMALL PLANET W Edward Stead and Jean Garner Stead Publisher: Sage Publications, London Price: $36 (Hardback); $17.95 (Paperback)

Unequal representation

Getting scientists from developing countries to serve on the climate change panel is proving difficult.

A blueprint and not a plan

Blueprint 2 -- Greening of the World Economy Editor: David Pearce Publisher: Earthscan Publications Price: £ 8.95.

New hope for Himalayan wastelands

The seabuckthorn plant can change the lives of marginal farmers by enriching soil with nitrogen, preventing its erosion and providing …

Wisdom from an obscure archipelago

In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market …

"Eco-management is optimum use of resources"

economist, is the recipient of the 1995 Sasakawa International Environmental Prize, instituted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…