US’ new climate bill: The good, the bad and the fossil-addicted
The Inflation Reduction Act represents long overdue climate action by the world’s biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases
The ABCDs of extreme profits by agri-corporations
UN Trade and Development Report reveals volatility in food commodities prices in last few years have coincided with global food traders …
US dollar’s grip on global markets might be over, warns Goldman
Years of talking about abandoning the US dollar, Russia and China are doing it for real. In the first quarter of 2020, share of dollar in trade …
Iraq's favourable harvest of little help in warding off food security threat
Two administrative divisions, most affected in the current conflict, on average contribute nearly a third of Iraq’s wheat production and …
Centre warns of possible drought in western India
Delayed monsoon to impact Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, the biggest producers of sugar cane, cotton, pulses and …
Fuel, power costs in India rose five times faster than overall consumer prices from January 2021-August 2022: RBI
Urban households in Delhi spent at least Rs 4,100 more in 2022 compared to 2021 on fuel and electricity
El Niño gathers strength, likely to continue into winter: Japan Met agency
There are fears that a strong El Niño this year like the one in 1997-98, will push up food inflation across South and Southeast Asia
MSP on crops has major impact on inflation: RBI
After government said that it will provide 1.5 times the MSP on cost of production of crops in the 2018-19 Union budget, RBI re-assessed the …
What’s driving food prices in new normal climate?
Monsoon as a unitary weather phenomenon is no more a valid indicator for food prices as its progress and distribution have changed completely
Tinubu inherits Nigeria’s high debt — an economist analyses what this means for the country’s future
Nigeria’s external debt stock —what it owes non-residents — was $41.69 billion in 2022
Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?
A peculiar situation for Nigeria was that the food price increases varied across the country. Some states felt the hit of food price inflation …
SDG 7: World still off-track from achieving universal energy access to all, says UN report
High inflation, debt distress, policy inactions and lagging financial flows slowing access to electricity, clean cooking in developing economies
Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO
World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023
Retail FDI myths
There is no evidence that global retail chains ensure better prices for farmers or help bring down inflation
EU's biofuel policy fuelling food inflation: ActionAid
Report predicts forced displacement of poor people from their land to meet EU targets to grow fuel crops
Who are the poor?
Identifying the poor and measuring the poverty is a contentious issue. Poverty line is not a sacred line. At best, it indicates how far the …
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court