Disappointing effort on ecological economics

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS: THE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY Edited by R Constanza Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York Price: …

"We need to think about all of us as being citizens of the same world"

Joseph E Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics - the Economics of Information. This earned him the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001. …

Lack of toilets, how much it costs India

Inadequate sanitation has economic impacts across sectors like health and tourism; cost the country 53.8 billion USD in 2006

Economic Survey 2022-23: Agri growth rate falls but sector still resilient amid pandemic shock

The contribution of the livestock sector to agriculture gross value added also increased, shows report

COVID-19 impact pushes India’s $5 trillion dream 3 yrs farther

Policymakers must focus equally on all 3 sectors: Agriculture, industry, services

The economics of empowerment

Choppy weather at climate meet

The report vn the economic assessment of a global climate change meet creates mayhem

INDONESIA

Two Karnatakas: North-south divide hampers state’s economic, social development

Concentration of development in a few urban centres of the south creates excessive pressure on the region’s resources, hampering the …

Global annual output growth to drop to 1.9 per cent in 2023, courtesy Ukraine, COVID-19

Growth in India expected to remain strong at 5.8 per cent, albeit lower than 6.4 per cent in 2022, according to new UN report  

Africa is not risky for infrastructure investment, says ECA

Africa's quest for regional integration makes trade and transboundary infrastructure critical

The other side of migration

INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL CITIES: ESSAYS IN ECONOMY AND DEMOGRAPHY Nigel Crook Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 240

The price of populism

The Punjab government avoided tough decisions and resorted to populist measures. Now, the economy and the environment are both in tatters

Teak trees sold

Taxing oil companies

Indicators of energy use

Only 2.8% plantation target achieved under Green India Mission: Economic Survey

Only 0.14 million hectares land of the 5 million hectares target have been covered in 5 years

More Indian residents filing patents than MNCs despite challenges: Economic Survey

India still lags behind China, the United States, Japan and South Korea despite an increase in the number of patents being filed

NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational?

Transformation obviously has to go beyond the status quo. But to be transformative, it must also go beyond mere reform.

Economic Survey underlines effect of demonetisation, lowers growth forecast

Fiscal prudence by the Centre as well as the states is needed in order to maintain overall fiscal health of the economy

UK environmentalists tilt at windmills

The setting up of windmills in the British countryside has sparked off a heated debate because some conservationists contend they are …

Uninspired view of culture and development

Culture and Development: Cultural Patterns in Areas of Uneven Development K C Alexander and K P Kumaran Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi, …

Corporate farming

Pakistan's proposal to allow multinationals into its agriculture sector may be bad news for the environment

Simply Put: Drink-driving the economy

Economic drift

Graphic editor Sorit Gupto questions the stark economic divide between rich and poor