Global megatrends such as income inequality, climate change, demographic shifts, technological progress, and urbanisation are shaping the future of societies. Yet, their quantitative impacts on development are neither well understood nor established. This paper examines the individual and combined effects of these global forces on poverty, using both cross-section and …
The Philippines banned endosulfan in 1992. The industry led by Hoechst of Germany launched an offensive. It filed contempt proceedings against the Philippine Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority's (FPA), which imposed the ban. It also harassed field workers who came forward with their personal experiences about exposure to endosulfan. The ban …
The people of Pudukkottai, one of the most backward districts in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, are dependent on dry land farming mainly due to lack of indutrialisation and low rainfall. Quarries too are a secondary source of livlihood, which provides boulders and stones for construction of buildings. Extreme …
Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that population planning and poverty alleviation are high on the government's list of priorities. In his message on the eve of World Population Day, the president called upon all those concerned to work with renewed vigour for population stabilization, poverty alleviation and sustainable …
The Pakistan cabinet approved the restructuring of Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) and assigned it a major role in the poverty reduction programme and the social welfare sector. The meeting presided over by President Gen Pervez Musharraf was of the view that the new approach of the PBM would help rehabilitate …
The UN conference on trade and development (Unctad) study says that if current trends in international development persist, the number of poor in the 49 least developed countries will rise from 307 million to 420 million by 2015.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the launch of a $65-million relief operation for an estimated 2 million 'ultra poor' Indonesians, including refugees displaced by three years of sectarian and ethnic conflicts. The operation's target group are 2.1 million who face the highest risk of hunger and …
Concrete drama Actsaid the court. The government did not. The realtors are at the deep end now since April 182001new construction activity in Ahmedabad has virtually come to a standstill. The realtors of the commercial capital of Gujaratone of the two most industrialised states of Indiaare desperate. Builder after builder …
>> By 2007, one-half of the world's population will live in urban areas compared to little more than one-third in 1972. By the end of 2002 some 70 per cent of the world's urban population will be living in Africa, Asia or Latin America >> 1,200 million more people in …
While Central and State Governments have been pumping in crores for uplift of tribals, hundreds of them in Kodaikanal hills are still struggling for basic rights such as food, shelter and education, leave alone enjoying benefits extended to them by the Governments. Tucked away in declivity on the Periakulam side, …
The government is likely to distribute the Rs 2500 crore development reform facility (DRF) for states announced in this year's Budget on the basis of the states' poverty ratios.
The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in Orissa has become the first organization in the Asian subcontinent to receive the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for 2002. The international award, instituted by the Ramsar Convention on Wetland, is presented once in three years for outstanding achievement in wetland restoration.
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has warned that the number of people living on less than $1 a day in the world's 49 least developed countries (LDCs) would reach at least 420 million by 2015 if current economic trends persist. In its least Developed Countries Report 2002, …
Fifty per cent of the population in the least developed countries is living on below $1-a-day income, according to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(Unctad). While the list does not include India, the method employed by Unctad indicates that the Indian government has underestimated …
The number of people living on less then $1 a day in the world's least developed countries will reach at least 420 million by 2015 if current economic trends continue, warns UNCTAD's ' Least Developed Countries Report' .
Having finalised the list of the population falling below the poverty line (BPL), the Delhi state government now feels the income criteria to assess poverty in Delhi should be different from other states. State should supplies minister Haroon Yusuf says Delhi's per capita income is nearly double that of the …
NASA scientists are to launch their most ambitious attempt to investigate a comet in a mission that could help to defend Earth against catastrophic impacts with matter from deep space. An unmanned space probe will blast off next month in an effort to take the first ever samples of material …
In a breakthrough out of the realms of Star Trek, scientists in Australia have successfully telephoned a laser beam of light from one spot to another in a plit second, but they warn-don't sell the car yet. A team of physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) said that they …
Uttar Pradesh retains the distinction of having the largest number of people living below the poverty line despite the implementation of nine five-year plans and six annual plans since 1951 to 2001, involving an expenditure of Rs 82,500 crore. Far from any reduction in poverty, the hunger and deprivation of …
Pakistan finance minister Shaukat Aziz said that the government would spend Rs 161 billion on poverty reduction in fiscal 2002-03 indicating that government was giving priority to improve the lives of poor.
Minister for Municipal administration N Md. Farooq on Saturday said that the Department for International development (DFID) of the United Kingdom appreciated Andhra Pradesh as the state was ahead of Orissa and West Bengal in preparing the estimates and action plan for implementation of Velugu programme aims at eradication poverty …
