Don't make the world dysfunctional

SEZ, how special?

Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …

The climate and trade tango

Emergence of South

2013 human development report applauds efforts of developing nations. Is India on track?

India still scores low in human development in UNDP report

It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead

Critiquing globalisation

In Churning the Earth, The Making of Global India, environmentalist Ashish Kothari and economist Aseem Shrivastava put India's much-hyped growth …

Southeast African farmers wary of EU deal

Nations discuss ban on toxic exports

Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994