Living energy

Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.

Litany of disillusionment

Ravaged by ethnic strife, environmental disaster and crushing poverty, Ethiopians anticipate an uncertain future.

Cycle of change

A new development programme in Palamau in Bihar, a rich land with poor people, can set the pace for a reversal of fortune

Playing dice with development

Like all such meetings before, the UN World Summit in Copenhagen had to address the needs of the commoner, the bedrock of all nations

Climate change will create billion refugees, says study

Climate change is likely to create at least a billion refugees by 2050 according to a recent report.

Food security act to make people weaker

The reconstituted National Advisory Council will bring the focus back on welfare policies, Magsaysay awardee and member of the council ARUNA ROY …

New poverty estimate soon

But will it reflect true level of poverty in the country?

Panchayats to get poverty alleviation funds

PDS fails in feeding India's poor

Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?

Mumbai has 2.6 million fake ration cards

South Asian Union: Dream reality?

A closer-knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation …

Of Joshimath and Martin Ravallion: The sinking town shows all that is flawed in our poverty reduction discourse

Sustainable development is no longer a buzzword; it now questions the neoliberal economic development model, whose impacts are staring us in the …

More bite, less to chew

The most controversial aspect of the food security law is the restructuring of the public distribution system to cover an unprecedented 67 per …

Planning Commission's new toilets: lessons for us

Planning Commission to SC: Rs 26 a person a day the 'adequate' poverty line

This has been arrived at by applying the price level in June 2011

NREGA needs a paradigm shift

COVID-19: The world is staring at a recession — the first to be driven by a pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease and measures to contain outbreaks can shrink the global economy by 5.2%; that would be the 4th-…

Setback to health insurance

Private hospitals in Chhattisgarh, Andhra refuse to treat under government insurance scheme

'Privatisation has increased rural neglect'

The northeast has been badly affected by ethnic strife. DILIP GOGOI of Cotton College, Guwahati, on its vulnerabilit

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

69% of obese adults from food insecure households where families had little dietary choices

A worthy goal

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Our vanishing cousins

In Short

Simply Put: The IMF optimism