Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015

Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

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Hidden cost of global food, land use at $12 trillion: Report

This is expected to rise to more than $16 trillion a year by 2050, finds a report by Food and Land use Coalition 

Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it

Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related

Poverty and emergencies keep children out of school

Every one in five children in the world are not in school, says the latest UNICEF report

India’s neglected tropical diseases

India experiences the world’s largest burden of at least 11 major non-communicable diseases

Employed but poor

Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation

Migration for work is making matters worse for poor tribals

As people leave their villages, they also leave behind the support system of government programmes

Jostling for jhuggi land

The Shakur Basti eviction drive calls for a thorough review of the railways’ mandate, politics of urban land and housing of urban poor

World Bank report paints contrasting picture of African economy

While poverty may be lower than what current estimates suggest, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased since 1990

The great divide

The saga of the big brother in a little village

FROM POVERTY TO PLENTY: THE STORY OF RALEGAN SIDDHI Ganesh and Vasudha Pangare Publisher: INTACH, New Delhi Price: Rs 85

The economics of empowerment

The land rush

STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND THE FATE OF THE FORESTS Edited by Marcus Colchester and Larry Lohmann Publisher: The World Rainforest Movement, Malaysia, …

Bum deal at the summit

A lot of sound and fury signifying nothing: that was the Social Development battlefield at Copenhagen

What a mess

Should the people of South Africa be denied medicines because they are too poor to pay for them?

Gender bender

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

High-yield variety

Bamboo is key to rural growth

The 1996 World Food Summit target

Of halving the world's undernourished by 2015 is ambitious. Here's why:

"An epidemic of non-communication"

David Miller is an expert in psychosocial management of hiv/aids. He has worked in developing countries since 1986 and is currently the Country …

Theatre new engagement for Vidarbha folks

Prescription done, how about the cure?

No sex please, we're Indians