Trivial truisms

ECONOMYWIDE POLICIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT - EMERGING LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE Mohan Munasinghe and Wilfrido Cruz World Bank

Every party to blame

The poverty of Amartya Sen

Even the "sensitive" Sen has failed to understand -ecological poverty"

Tunnel - Vision Approach

Yet another tale of missed opportunities

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 …

Sensitive economics

Anil Agarwal's article, "The poverty of Amartya Sen", publised in the December 15, 1999 issue of Down To Earth , has drawn a number of …

It is a global recession with economic growth among lowest in four decades

Inequalities, lack of uniform growth among countries making global economic recovery difficult, shows UN’s Trade and Development …

Analysis of Union Budget since 1947

As countdown to the Union Budget has already begun, Down To Earth looks back at the history of budget presentations and how they responded to …

How economic inequality is widening in today’s India

The 21st century has witnessed development with a yawning gap where wealth is concentrated in a few hands

Healthy, wealthy and wise

ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING: THE INVISIBLE HAND Cam Donaldson and Karen Gerard Publisher: Macmillan, UK Price: Not stated Pages: 216

The cost of money

NATURAL RESOURCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE STATE: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE· Germelino M Bautista· Institute of Southeast …

"The North has not kept its commitments on technology transfer"

Economist Klaus W Lippold is the chairperson of the Commission for Protection of the Earth's Atmosphere. As a member of the German Parliament …

Economic Survey 2022-23: Indian startup ecosystem faces several challenges, causing companies to ‘flip’

Many Indian companies are setting up bases overseas to circumvent the challenges

Amartya Sen right prize for the wrong work?

Sen's manner of addressing poverty issues has left many questions unanswered

Price of nature

Nature's services can no longer be taken for granted

CHINA

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USA faces up to the biodiversity challenge

The US President reiterates that the one world, one environment theme is the only way to protect the planet.

Beneficial lessons

POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPROACHES IN INDIA AND THE NETHERLANDS·O J Kuik,…

No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Prevention is cheaper than cure

Against the World bank

Winners all

This year's Nobel laureates

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%