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Reaction time

Electronic conferences can speed up decision making which lengthy, costly and conventional deliberations cannot

Locking horns with the bull

International agreements like the Basel Convention are not enough to defeat corporate agendas firmly rooted in the stock market

No laughing matter

Activists are increasingly resorting to attention-grabbing techniques to bring development issues into the public domain

Not a matter of dole

The World Hunger Task Force must respect the food choices of the poor consumer

World's state as precarious as ever

STATE OF THE WORLD 1993 Edited by Linda Starke Publisher: W W Norton & Co Price: $13.99

In Rio, try thinking of Kalavati Devi

A step towards nowhere

The culprit is...

STATES OF DISARRAY-THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION.UNRISDreport on the World Summit for Social Development, Geneva, March,1995

The 20th century Nostradamus

FUTURE IN SIGHT. BARRY H MINKIN Macmillan - 1995 Price US $22.95

INDIA

Summing up poverty

The latest Human Development Report highlights the need for people- and resource-friendly development

Science spoof

THE THIRD CULTURE·John Brockman·A Touchstone book·Simon and Schuster· 1996·Price Rs 450

Oily divide

No Armageddon, this

The meteor "shower" was but a mild drizzle, and it took place 16 hours too early