Green economy policies catching on, says UNEP

Quarter of the world’s countries are now pursuing green economy plans, shows data released at first meet of Green Economy Coalition

COVID-19 lockdown to inflict $65.7 bln loss on Africa every month: UN

Food security threatened; about 70% slum dwellers surveyed by UN in Kenya missing meals or eating less

WTO talks end with no consensus on agriculture support

Negotiations on fisheries “came close” to a deal but one or two or two matters could not be reached

Red Sea crisis: Suez Canal is not the only ‘choke point’ that threatens to disrupt global supply chains

Choke points are narrow parts of main trade lanes, usually straits or canals

Book Excerpt: Of ‘King Cotton’ and Vidarbha

How the path dependencies in the cotton economy crossed the paths of Vidarbha, Britain, and the American South is a fascinating story

Over 69 million children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries: UNICEF

Migration, race and ethnicity drives inequalities in child poverty risks in these countries, researchers find

Simply Put: Widening gap

Simply put: How to index India’s petrol prices

Gloomy days ahead: 97% in Afghanistan to be poor by 2022, warns UNDP

Every other Afghan citizen needs urgent humanitarian aid amid Taliban takeover

COVID-19: Indian household debt increased by 5% in FY20

Household debt in FY21 increases to 37.3% of GDP from 32.5 per cent in FY20  

What does India need from Union Budget 2021-22

Simply put: Indian farmers’s (para) freedom

Simply Put: COVID-19 and MGNREGA - Watch where you go

Simply put: The Trojan relief package

Simply Put: Fruit of our labour

India not to be part of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Concerns not addressed: India; 15 other countries to sign agreement in 2020;

It is official: Unemployment rate in rural, urban India highest in 47 years

Joblessness cuts across various demographic groups, says official report

‘Climate change action could add $26 trillion to the global economy by 2030’

Recent report says that the only roadblock in the way is governments globally

The Maasai are protecting their intellectual property rights, what of others like India's Warlis?

Fruits of globalisation have gone only to few at the top

We need to rewrite the rules of economy to ensure that ordinary citizens benefit

Five takeaways from Economic Survey 2016

One of the key findings from this analysis is increasing inequality in income in India

Plastic or no plastic?

ADB backs first climate bond in Asia

Bank will provide credit-enhancement and loan to bonds issued by Philippine company

India's budgets through the decades

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