Africa’s children need help coping with a myriad of stresses, not just HIV
The global health community has made significant progress over the past 15 years to understand how to keep HIV-positive children alive and …
Assam bank is changing lives, making entrepreneurs of illiterate women
The cooperative bank has been helping marginalised women save and become financially independent
Tuberculosis India-2014
Tuberculosis is no longer a disease afflicting only the poor. Its thrives on deprived/distorted lifestyle and on the offshoots of the so-called …
Bread, values and politics
The forthcoming World Food Summit must ensure that the umbrella of food security also extends to encompass the Southern nations' poor
New battlegrounds
FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL· Michael Renner·WW Norton and Company, New York and London·1996· Price US $11
Summing up poverty
The latest Human Development Report highlights the need for people- and resource-friendly development
Grim kaleidoscope
EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD DROUGHT·P Sainath·Penguin Books India (P) Ltd·1997· Price Rs 295
Non-monetary indicator of poverty
Our policy makers should move away from the income criterion for estimating poverty and take cognisance of other indicators
Vietnam targets poverty with tourism
An ILO project generates job opportunities for local people in remote villages
In defence of capitalism
Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense
Anti-Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people
Poor countries have remained poor, says World Bank
A new report confirms that Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are home to some of the poorest populations
Poor India speaks
book>> Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower, Tremors in India's Mining Fields edited by Rakesh Kalshian Panos South Asia New Delhi 2007
Reading between poverty lines
Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?
MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan
Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to the Rajasthan government
A vocal for local verdict
PM Modi’s performance on the most important issues of unemployment, price rise and dipping income didn’t reflect the slogan he had …
Simply Put: Dying for ration
Quarter of a billion people are facing acute hunger: Report
Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes
Africa: We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty
Policies need to address in all the complexities of child poverty
Climate change to lower living standards of 50% Indians: World Bank
Most affected states will be Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
From the blurbs
From the blurb
War on poverty
At the feet of poverty
ARAVALLI PAHARIAN HARIALI KI ORE VHS Written and directed by K L Manhas 35 min
Running away