Sustainable agriculture can be key to reducing youth migration in Africa
Agriculture is Africa’s largest employer and a possible solution to its migration problem
Does poverty trigger extremism?
Two recent developments could precipitate a global debate on whether poverty triggers extremism
Debate: Is GDP a true and accurate measurement of growth?
A new book, The Great Invention by Ehsan Masood, unveils the genesis of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how it shaped the modern economic …
न्यूजीलैंड ने पेश किया वेलबीइंग बजट, क्या भारत लेगा सबक?
न्यूजीलैंड ने आर्थिक विकास के बुलबुले को पहचान लिया है। लोक कल्याण की कीमत पर आर्थिक विकास की अंधी दौड़ में शामिल देशों को न्यूजीलैंड ...
Look back at the decade: Youth unrest
What explains the restlessness that marked the second decade of the new Millenium.
Look back at the decade: Unemployment
Outtake from the second decade of the new millemium: India desperately needs to avail jobs for its ever increasing youth population
Americas has 13% of world population, but exploits quarter of global natural resources
As much as 65 per cent of Americas’ natural resources are not available to it anymore
Reverse the learning
Continuous economic growth is an illusion. Adivasi economics may be the only hope for India's future
स्थानीयकरण की दस्तक
2017 में हमें निरंकुश उपभोक्तावाद पर टिके विकास के मॉडल पर विचार करना चाहिए। गरीबों की छोड़िए, ये अमीरों के भी काम का भी ...
India's data blockade: Certainly uncertain terrain
No recent NSSO survey release passed without controversy
‘Totalitarian movements are self-destructive’
The reason socialist awareness is not possible in the 21st century is that the middle class in India in the 60s was primarily dominated by the …
Fish stocks in Asia-Pacific to be over by 2048
Economic growth is leading to the decline of biodiversity, says a report released in Colombia
Time for degrowth: to save the planet, we must shrink the economy
Increased development is always unsustainable, so let's stop kidding ourselves
कैसे दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय?
मोदी ने दो साल पहले भी 2022 तक आमदनी को दोगुना करने का वादा किया था। इस दफा उन्होंने नए भारत के अजेंडे की ...
Most poor people in Asia-Pacific region live in rural areas
Countries in the region have not been able to address rural poverty despite economic growth, says an IFAD report
Debt in Eastern Africa rising rapidly, but remains manageable
An additional US$600 billion is needed in Africa every year until 2030 in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Africa is not risky for infrastructure investment, says ECA
Africa's quest for regional integration makes trade and transboundary infrastructure critical
India to stand steady against global financial volatility: World Bank
Weak farm output and halted bills may hamper growth trajectory for the country
खुशहाली मापने का आधार नहीं है बढ़ती जीडीपी
दुनिया को धीरे-धीरे एहसास हो रहा है कि आय अथवा जीडीपी से खुशहाली नहीं मापी जा सकती, भारत के उदाहरण से भी इसे समझा ...
After Copenhagen: What's on the Agenda? (Part I)
The Centre for Science and Environment recently held a climate change media workshop to brief South Asian journalists on the politics of …
After Copenhagen: What's on the Agenda? (II)
World's poor mostly reside in ecologically fragile areas
Looking at how poverty has reduced and where, it is clear that economic growth alone will not lead to poverty eradication. Global efforts must …
भारत में आर्थिक विकास की गति को मंद कर सकता है जलप्रदूषण : विश्व बैंक
विश्व बैंक द्वारा जारी नवीनतम रिपोर्ट के अनुसार नदियों और जल स्रोतों में बढ़ता प्रदूषण भारत सहित अनेक देशों में आर्थिक विकास की गति ...
No rise in CO2 emissions globally for second year in a row: IEA
For the year 2015, global CO2 emissions stood at 32.1 billion tonnes, essentially the same as levels in 2013
Global economy to grow slightly in 2016: World Bank
Global economic activity will see 2.9 per cent growth this year as per a report, slightly higher than 2.4 per cent in 2015
