A question of priorities

Travails of democracy

Democracy must widen to cover international politics and institutions

Anomalies galore

A survey of a World Bank-funded environment programme in Assam

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

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

Green city

CHILE

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New website launched

Fighting malaria

The WHO initiates global move to check the onslaught of malaria

HYDEL PROJECT

The E-Connection

Here is all you need to know about debt-for-climate swaps

Offering debt relief in lieu of climate action could allow rich countries to pay for their acts of historical injustice, while helping the poor …

Starve a child to repay a debt

External debt has proved an albatross around the neck of African nations. At least two-thirds of their total debt will have to be written off if …

UNDP report stresses people's participation

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1993 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 190

South wangles funds, with strings attached

The Beijing conference saw discussions on the second phase of the Global Environment Facility, which is expected to finance implementation of the …

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Mayhem in Arunachal

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NOBEL GESTURE

India lifted 415 million people out of poverty in 15 years

In 2021, there were 230 million people still in poverty & nearly 19% population vulnerable to poverty, according to the latest update to the …

Zika could cost Latin America, Caribbean countries $18 billion by 2018

In some countries, the total cost of Zika could exceed two per cent of their GDP

Afforestation drive

Caught in legal limbo

A tussle over funding clouds issues of climate change a biodiversity.