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

Spreading message

Raghuvansh Prasad, minister for rural development, on NREGA

Education is key to freeing the girl child from deeply entrenched social barriers

NCRB data shows 33 girls forced into child marriage every day in 2021

Good health, reduction of poverty, hunger rated as today’s top priorities in Ipsos poll

Half of respondents said their government was not doing enough to achieve SDGs

COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates

The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021

Focus not on graft

Corruption is not just the kind that has found recent media attention

Children: victims of war and poverty

Double trouble

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Three brackets to Johannesburg

An inconclusive Bali PrepCom meet only takes confusion and procrastination to Rio +10

ZIMBABWE

UNITED NATIONS

Street smart

Karnataka vendors take steps to protect their interests

India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme put on hold

Employment guarantee scheme brought to an abrupt halt

Extracts from 'Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country'

Extracts from Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country by Sudeep Chakravarty....