Growing apart

THE PHILIPPINES

UNITED NATIONS

Nepal's biotech vision

First-time study: child poverty

Development pool

A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

Caught in a trap

World's poorest nations can't have the much needed investment for growth

From the blurbs

Hunger claims five lives

Government aid too late for family in Orissa’s tribal district  

World leaders must prioritise implementation of sustainable development goals

Thirty per cent of the SDGs are worse now than eight years ago

Left behind: Energy poverty hampers development in sub-Saharan Africa

Forty countries have now more people without access to clean cooking fuel; 20 have more people living in the dark

Inflation can kill Africa human development, World Bank warns

Most poverty-struck rural households in Africa spend between 57 and 59 per cent of their income on food

Poverty and inequality a threat to urban poor: UN report  

Multidimensionality of urban poverty and inequality should be at the centre of interventions to create an inclusive and equitable urban future …

Empty stomachs today, sick workshops tomorrow: The need for nutrition NOW

The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all plates by 2030

Air pollution slows economic growth, harms poor most: Report

Around 275 million people in extreme poverty globally exposed to hazardous PM 2.5 levels

Mahatma Gandhi, public policy and COVID-19

The Gandhian talisman is important more than ever now in the times of pandemic to steer public policy for those who need it the most  

No end to discrimination against Punjab’s Dalit women labourers, says study

A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment 

World Bank: Kim and beyond

Here’s a lowdown on what good and bad came out of Kim’s reign as the bank’s president and what seems to be the future of the …

No toilet, no food; is this how India will become ODF?

Kiran Bedi's order, suspending free rice distribution scheme for Puducherry's poorest families from end of May unless they produce a certificate …

Report on South Asian poverty argues for growth with justice

The SAAPE report points out that there is a growing marginalisation and destitution of people in the South Asian region

Why are vanilla growers in Madagascar struggling to survive?

Farmers in Madagascar, world's largest vanilla-exporting country, live in poverty and constant fear of losing their crop to theft

UN must help Africa meet Sustainable Development Goals, says Secretary-General

Guterres said that the best prevention of conflicts lies in sustainable and inclusive development

'Focus on data collection practices that capture income volatilities, little data'

Experts exchange ideas and research findings at a conference on development economics organised by the World Bank

Living energy

Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.