Experts warn about the dangers of signing RCEP
At a media interaction in New Delhi, experts from civil society organisations enumerated damages that could be caused to various sectors of the …
What does it take to tax the rich?
There is no doubt that we will not be able to fix the inequality crisis and build a more equal world without making the rich pay their fair share …
‘India budget weak in public participation; limited in transparency’
The country’s performance in terms of public participation and budget oversight by the legislature was rated “weak” in the survey
How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya's universities is hurting the academy
Ethnic consciousness has been a part of Kenya’s higher education politics since the first decade of independence
World Bank report paints contrasting picture of African economy
While poverty may be lower than what current estimates suggest, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased since 1990
Growing burden
Our fanatical pursuit of GDP as the sole measure of development is only throwing up more catastrophic nightmares
Stumbling along on the road to green
A documentary telecast on Rajiv Gandhi's 50th birth anniversary examines the late Prime Minister's environmental initiatives, but finds the …
Incorporating social welfare in national planning
FOUNDATIONS OF INDIA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY: TOWARDS AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990S Edited by Subroto Roy and William James . Publisher: Sage Publications,…
Global resource use must be careful and fair
Environmental stress has resulted mainly from unsustainable consumption levels in poor nations because of bad land-use and degraded village …
The utopian trap
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA Edited by Kartik C Roy, Clement A Tisdell and Raj Kumar Sen Publisher: Oxford …
Where a community maps its resources
It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …
Future in the past
FUTURE OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Edward Goldsmith and Martin Khor …
LEARNING THE VALUE OF T R E E S
NAME - Mangilal Rawat AGE - 45 CASTE - Bhil FATHER'S NAME - Sur Singh VILLAGE - Ojhad BLOCK - Sondwa DISTRICT - Jhabua
The Colour of GERMANY
For the first time in German history, the Green Party is part of the ruling coalition. The country is all set to embark upon new environmentally-…
In search of Vision 2020
The vision of a 'common future' appears to have been lost somewhere along the way from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to the first assembly of the …
Waste is being dumped in Russia
Galina Sdasyuk is a researcher at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, and is formulating a sustainable model of …
The Rural Sector Opportunities and challenges
To deal with 'economic poverty', it is necessary to deal with 'ecological poverty'. And people's participation is necessary to undertake …
A safety valve!
Alarmed by super rapid industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank suggests urgent corporate 'voluntary' action and …
Economic Survey 2018-19: Increasing access to charging points key to boost electric vehicle sales
Only 0.06 per cent of the total cars in India are electric, while China has two per cent and Norway has 39 per cent
Takeaways from President Pranab Mukherjee's opening speech during budget session
In his speech, the President gave emphasis on financial inclusion, development schemes and women power
Economic growth in least developed countries of Africa saw sharp decline since 2012
According to a new report, global poverty is increasingly concentrated within the group of 48 LDC countries
Climate change will hit us hard: 7 in 10 people express fear in WEF survey
Survey conducted by World Economic Forum and Ipsos across 34 countries throws up revealing findings about attitudes towards climate change
Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is it all about?
A collection of DTE articles on the ongoing use of technologies to blur the boundaries between the digital, physical and biological worlds
Don’t let Bolsonaro’s Brazil join you, non-profits urge OECD
Non-profits criticise Brazil’s candidacy to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development while dismantling socio-…
Why inequality is India’s worst enemy
India’s per capita gross domestic product increased five times between 2000 and 2019. The income, however, is concentrated only in a few …