3.3 billion people financially included, says World Bank

The latest Global Findex report points out that South Asia has the largest gender gap when it comes to financial inclusion

Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report

The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing

Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies

Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers

Supreme Court allows SKS Microfinance to resume operations in Andhra

Micro-lender among those accused of coercive loan recovery from rural poor; court asks state not to take coercive steps against firm for now

Montreal Protocol: A successful treaty?

Even as the fate of HFCs hangs in uncertainty, there remains much at stake for the Montreal Protocol