Tunisia’s already modest economic recovery almost halted in 2023, amidst a severe drought, tight financing conditions and the modest pace of implementing reforms. With this slowdown, the Tunisian economy
Arun SPosted online: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 0336 hrs Print Email Geneva, July 29: The ministerial level talks here that attempted to clinch a global trade deal failed to achieve a breakthrough after nine long and tense days of discussions mainly due to differences between the US and India on measures to protect the livelihood concerns of poor farmers in the developing world.
THE BJP has warned the government against diluting India's position at WTO negotiations, arguing that it will further hurt the already distressed Indian farmer. The warning came on a day when Geneva talks to liberalise global trade collapsed after big nations failed to agree on how to protect their farmers from increased imports.
July 28: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a report "Creating Values for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor", offers strategies and tools for companies to expand beyond traditional business practices and bring in the world's poor as partners in growth and wealth creation.
Diesel, A Transportation Fuel, Is Cheaper For Power Generation Than Traditionally Used Liquid Fuel Jaideep Mishra NEW DELHI THERE are reports of crippling shortages of electricity pan-India and rising dieselisation in tandem, to fuel power generation. It seems to point at a deficit in policy making. Note that cross-country trading of electricity remains minuscule, notwithstanding nominally power surplus regions. It's also a fact that the margin on power trading remains clamped at a lowly 4 paise per unit. What's surely required is holistic energy policy.
Kemal Dervis & Jean-Michel FOR too long, private businesses have not been seen as key drivers of human development. Yet as the world becomes more interdependent, doing business with the poor can not only boost firms' competitiveness, but also help in the fight against poverty. A UNDP report released on Monday offers compelling examples of opportunities that create value for all: both achieving the Millennium Development Goals that have galvanised unprecedented efforts to address the needs of the world's poorest, and attracting business returns.
Caution and consensus must be the watchwords What the government and its leaders have not taken into account is that these reforms do not depend merely on a numerical majority in the Lok Sabha. THE TRIUMVIRATE: Leading players in pushing ahead the reforms agenda
KOLKATA, July 27: Amidst widespread fears that food security in the state would come under threat owing to the LF government's industrialisation policy, a report prepared by the state land and land reforms department reveals that in fact only 9,000 acres of farm land in the state has been converted for setting up of industries over the last two years. Of far more concern, in the context of food security, is the fact that some 15 lakh acres of farm land remain uncultivated in the state every year mainly due to the financial constraints of marginal farmers and bargadars, as per the report.
Taking note of acute shortage of skilled labour force that could severely impact country's productivity and GDP growth, the labour and employment ministry in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO) has initiated the process for National Skills Development Policy.
: Renting a twobedroom luxury flat in Mumbai is more expensive than that of Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or even Seoul. The cost of petrol is higher than that of Tokyo. And the price of 1 kg long grain white rice in a medium priced establishment is more than that of Singapore or Beijing. Mumbai is catching up with the biggest metros of the world in more ways than one. The cost of living in the city has risen considerably since last year.
