Unemployment just below 8%, show latest CMIE figures
The business information company's portal says unemployment for February was 7.9% whereas Reuters has reported it at 7.78%
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 …
Kenya’s GDP contracted 0.3% in 2020, courtesy COVID-19: Economic Survey
The Government of Kenya has recognised the information, communications and technology sector as a key contributor to the country’s GDP
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
Mass poverty is back in India
After 45 years, the world’s fastest poverty-reducing country adds the maximum poor in a year
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
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
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)
South Asia to see slower growth as war in Ukraine impedes recovery: World Bank
The region is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent in 2022 and by 6.3 per cent in 2023, according to the World Bank’s latest report
UP Assembly polls 2022: Why state’s ‘jobless growth’ decade will be a headache for new government
Trends over the decade indicate that the pace of economic growth is slow and not sufficient if UP wants to achieve the goal of becoming a trillion-…
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 …
Hyderabad Floods: The ghosts of dead lakes haunt the city
Absence of infrastructure to drain out a meagre half a metre of rainfall led to mayhem
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