Beyond failure

What of the Doha round? What of the WTO itself?

In the snakepit

How negotiations on issues moved, or didn't

India shakes up WTO

The fracas over India's refusal to meet the deadline on trade facilitation exposes rich nations' double standards

How smart is a smart city?

Rs 3,300 crore omission

Subsidies given annually to industries for pollution control are unmonitored

World Trade Outcry

How inevitable was the collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization? How engineered was it? CLIFFORD POLYCARP reports from the streets and …

New gold rush

EU threat to farmers

Free trade pact with EU will have a severe impact on Indian agriculture, specially the dairy sector

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

Dairy paradox

No state support to Zimbabwe's A2 farmers

Biofuel good idea, bad practice

Trade barred

Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier  

Tryst with rain

Following the monsoon failure of 1999-2000, two states - Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh - launched crash programmes to encourage water harvesting. An …

A Renewable Crisis

The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the aftermath of 1970s oil shock. And then,…

Why the US is such a bully

US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …

Long yarn

The cotton story is a tangled tale. In many parts of India, farmers are committing suicide. It's been a while Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and now …

The Bali myth of $1 trillion trade gains

Trade facilitation is a major imposition on developing countries with little likelihood of promised benefits

China offers incentive for non-food biofuel

Crank it up

Guinea charges fuel, subsidizes food

Latin lessons

Experiments in cash transfer in Latin America

Olympics 2008, Beijing - raising the bar

Beijing is implementing strict measures to improve air quality, a commitment it took on as host of the 2008 Olympic Games. But a boom in …

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

Transition failure

With an eye on the 2014 general election, the UPA government is expanding its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer programme that promises welfare …