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 …

One in every 3 southern African children are stunted: Report

Major drivers of malnutrition include lack of diversity and sub-optimal infant feeding practices prevailing in the region

Africa’s poverty dip, a blip?

Extreme poverty decreased due to low food price, soon to be reversed due to high inflation  

World’s most extreme inequality increase in India

Governments poorer than private individuals now as world wealth gets concentrated among a few; a similar situation seen at peak of imperialism …

India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change

Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter

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 …

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

Non-monetary indicator of poverty

Our policy makers should move away from the income criterion for estimating poverty and take cognisance of other indicators

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Vietnam targets poverty with tourism

An ILO project generates job opportunities for local people in remote villages

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

Quarter of a billion people are facing acute hunger: Report

Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes

PROJECTS FOR PAKISTAN

Growing apart

THE PHILIPPINES

UNITED NATIONS

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

Simply Put: Dying for ration

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