The numbers game

Can the cold logic of statistics ever breathe life into yardsticks for deciding whether a nation has done good or bad by its people?

Good but not true

The United Nations does not take into account sustainability of the environment in assessing progress using the Human Development Index, …

Booked for arms

UNDP's Human Development Report has become a bone of contention for 2 Indian ministries

PROJECT FOR FARMERS

Summing up poverty

The latest Human Development Report highlights the need for people- and resource-friendly development

More or less equal

God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources

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Organic uplift

The poorer you are, the less aid you get

PROJECTS FOR PAKISTAN

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DEVELOPMENT BLUES

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Growing apart

The mess we are in

South Asia fares pathetically when it comes to basic education. The latest UNDP report has some solutions

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Money matters

As the first-ever assembly of the 161-member Global Environment Facility (GEF) draws near, many non-governmental organisations are left out in …

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ON LINE

India has pushed back poverty, still home to most poor people in world: UNDP index

Pre-pandemic data shows 228.9 million poor people in India highest in the world, Nigeria follows at 97 million 

Net protection

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Winds of change?

Disaster management chaos leaves Orissa as vulnerable as before

Cheaper vaccine to check hepatitis B

WHO's immunisation programme is expected to receive a tremendous boost thanks to the low-cost vaccine developed through genetic engineering