A tale of two districts
Why is Jhabua, and not kalahandi, a success story?
SOME HOPES AND LOTS OF FEAR
THE message of the citizens' fifth report on the state of india's environment
Health of developing nations
Ecofriendly lubricants
Book notice: Hope in sight
Improving People's Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia, edited by Mukul Sharma
Steep lack
Indian lac production has hit an all-time low. RICHARD MAHAPATRA seeks remedies
Deepening green tech divide between Global North, South to worsen economic inequality, warns UN
Without decisive action by governments, developing countries may miss out on economic opportunities from green tech
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term
India recorded extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days between January 1 and November 30, 2022
Southern Africa most unequal region on the continent: Report
Top 10% of society in the region took the lion’s share of the national income, whereas the bottom 40% took just 4%
The far side
If the world is serious about addressing climate change it will have to immediately start moving out of fossil fuel technologies.
Commonwealth finance ministers mull over how to tax tech MNCs
The growing digitalisation of trade in services is affecting the collection of tax and adding to the burden of global debt, estimated at $19 trillion
Experts warn about the dangers of signing RCEP
At a media interaction in New Delhi, experts from civil society organisations enumerated damages that could be caused to various sectors of the …
Economic Survey 2018-19: Swachh Bharat needs to move to next level
Document declares that since toilets have been built, the focus will now shift to solid waste management
Economic Survey 2018-19: School going population peaks as fertility rate declines
Nine states, which have fertility rates well below the replacement rate, will have an aged population by 2030s
What does it take to tax the rich?
There is no doubt that we will not be able to fix the inequality crisis and build a more equal world without making the rich pay their fair share …
‘India budget weak in public participation; limited in transparency’
The country’s performance in terms of public participation and budget oversight by the legislature was rated “weak” in the survey
How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya's universities is hurting the academy
Ethnic consciousness has been a part of Kenya’s higher education politics since the first decade of independence
World Bank report paints contrasting picture of African economy
While poverty may be lower than what current estimates suggest, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased since 1990
Growing burden
Our fanatical pursuit of GDP as the sole measure of development is only throwing up more catastrophic nightmares
Stumbling along on the road to green
A documentary telecast on Rajiv Gandhi's 50th birth anniversary examines the late Prime Minister's environmental initiatives, but finds the …
Incorporating social welfare in national planning
FOUNDATIONS OF INDIA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY: TOWARDS AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990S Edited by Subroto Roy and William James . Publisher: Sage Publications,…
Global resource use must be careful and fair
Environmental stress has resulted mainly from unsustainable consumption levels in poor nations because of bad land-use and degraded village …
The utopian trap
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA Edited by Kartik C Roy, Clement A Tisdell and Raj Kumar Sen Publisher: Oxford …
Where a community maps its resources
It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …
Future in the past
FUTURE OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Edward Goldsmith and Martin Khor …
