COVID-19: A generation interrupted

Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world

Half of Indians above 45 either undernourished or overweight: Health ministry study

In Chattisgarh, every third individual in the age group was malnourished 

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

Employed but poor

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

The great divide

Zero hour

The economics of empowerment

Drumming it in

Should local communities pay for Western notions of 'global benefit'?

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:

Burdensome load

Laid-off tea workers fall back on forests in West Bengal

Theatre new engagement for Vidarbha folks

Prescription done, how about the cure?

No sex please, we're Indians

Diversifying economy, focusing on climate resilience: Congo can reduce rural poverty by 40%, says World Bank

A $245 million investment in climate-smart agriculture can increase crop yields by 50% and cut emissions by 12 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in first half of 2021: UN

The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, flags …

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

Africa’s energy poverty: Millions in rural areas are not part of Ethiopia’s energy transition drive

Nearly 86% of Ethiopia’s energy demand is met through biomass; most people here live in energy poverty

DTE tracks trafficking: Droughts, migrating parents leave Marathwada girls vulnerable

Sugarcane cutters’ children at high risk, targeted through proxy marriages 

Dilli’s dalchawal politics: The taste of power

The unabashed one-upmanship indulged by key players has made even the prospect of a joint activity a painful chore.

COVID-19: Fear factor, supply uncertainty can make second wave worse for rural India, warns Pronab Sen

Down To Earth spoke to economist Sen, India’s former chief statistician and programme director for the International Growth Centre - …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s food security has turned out better than feared. But risks remain

Widespread job losses led to rise in food insecurity, most pronounced in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi

Structural pitfalls of MGNREGA

It’s time to remove inherent flaws of the guaranteed wage programme MGNREGA that limit its poverty alleviation potential

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 

India’s neglected tropical diseases

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