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Zimbabwean diaspora uses Internet to help relatives back home

Chinese recognition, it's official

What's the bad word

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Breach of trust

Documentary>> Microfinance • Norway/Bangladesh

Making jugaad a global success

Frugal innovation is the new concept that companies are adopting to take technology to developing countries

How much did Interim Budget 2024 allocate to different central schemes

Down To Earth plots scheme allocation in the last budget before the general elections on data cards

DTE Coverage: How green was Union Budget 2024-25

Read Down To Earth’s coverage about key insights from the last budget before poll season

Debunking K-shaped recovery: Why the SBI’s new report gets it all wrong about India’s economic growth

The research of SBI is not representative of the Indian economy; it also pedals a newly-destined ‘narrative’

Oil price shocks have a long history, but today’s situation may be the most complex ever

Three developments prior to Russia's attack on Ukraine had traders worried about looming scarcity

Why the lack of industry in West Bengal?

The Left is often blamed for ruining the economic prospects of the state, but the truth is it inherited a weakening industrialisation scenario …

Argentina’s economic crisis: Whoever wins presidential election is on a collision course with the IMF

Argentina is heading to the polls on October 22 for a presidential election dominated by another profound economic crisis

Cost of credit: RTI reveals truth of government claim on farm credit

Information accessed by Down To Earth under the Right To Information Act belies the government's claim that banks give farm loans without any …

Kenya has breached its public debt ceiling — how it got there and what that means

Kenya has not witnessed such high levels of indebtedness in recent history

After selling a minor girl to buy food, a prime ministerial visit, India’s face of poverty is drowned in debt

Phanas Punji’s next generations have the same level of poverty in what is called inter-generational chronic poverty

International Working Women’s Day: Between survival & empowerment is endless labours in Sunderbans

Extreme weather, lockdown & a lack of jobs mean an increased struggle for livelihood

India has one of the highest unemployment rates in women

There is a 52 percentage point difference in the employment rates of men and women in India

Wanted for India: a circular economy

India can be clean only if there is a proper circular economy in place providing environmental, social and economic benefits

Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

An inflation watcher used the current US situation to break down inflation for the layperson

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

Second-hand clothing business has changed peoples’ lives for the better — they get a fair wage, steady employment, health care and …

‘Centre using finance commission to promote its flagship programmes’

Centre is urging Finance Commission to finalise tax-devolution formula keeping in mind the national development programme

Is the Union budget still relevant?

Concerns are being expressed over important economic decisions being taken outside the process of budget formulation

Surgical strikes for fetching jobs

Like terrorism, jobless growth continues in India irrespective of who is in power. To tackle it, we need not cross borders

Need ‘Sin’ tax within GST to prevent more sins

As GST reforms excite market, fiscal correction to curb pollution and energy impacts of new growth must remain the priority