The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
This report highlights the importance of social protection in the struggle against global poverty. Social protection aims to enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable persons to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, sickness, disability and old age.
"Madhya Pradesh is fast moving away from its 'rich state inhabited by poor people' image, and bring about changes in the industry, infrastructure and social welfare to help improve the living standards of the people and pull itself out of the red". FIRMLY putting behind its cliched image of a …
The work in the B R Hills of Karnataka by H Sudarshan, a medical doctor, on the primary healthcare of the Soliga tribes is a rare example of the role of equity, social justice, maximum community participation and empowerment of the people, in addition to the encouragement of indigenous and …
Zulu's King Goodwill Zwelithini has urged African academics to use the information gathered from research to rewrite history books. The king was speaking at an event organised to commemorate the Battle of Isandlwana between the British and the Zulu in 1879. Zulu historians and academics had gathered to discuss the …
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
Kansas Board of Education in the us state of Kansas has redefined the origin of life. The board ruled that science classes in public schools should teach Intelligent Design (id), which casts doubts on Darwin's theory of evolution. id advocates that the universe is too complex to have evolved and …
www.solutionexchange-un.net.in keep Your fingers crossed The recent UN Human development report ranked India 127th in terms of its human development indicators. One doesn't know if this poor performance prompted the UN's India Country Team to come with this interactive website. But education, nutritional security, gender, health and employment are some …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051015/43-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=520,height=220,scrollbars=yes") } A booming economy with dismal human development indices (hdi): that's the summary of India's score-sheet in the recently released un Human Development Report (hdr), 2005. India stood 127
www.polarhusky.com ADVENTURE LEARNING The paradox of much education all over the world has long been its inability to directly involve the world outside classrooms."What I did in school was stare out of the window,' recalls Will Steger. The famous Polar explorer and environmentalist has continued to be drawn out of …
Launched in September 2004, Edusat is perhaps the world's only satellite fully dedicated to distance education. Edusat moves in a geo-synchronous orbit. Its 12 transponders (six in k u band and six in extended c band) provide five spot beams (see Glossary), each covering a specific region, and seven national …
Main features of the draft: • Envisages a US $5 billion Indian biotech industry that offers 1 million jobs by 2010 • About 30 per cent of Rs 200 crore DBT research funds for public-private partnership research • Better curricula and accreditation for biotech education • Single regulator for all …
This article is based on the findings of a recent survey of the midday meal programme in Madhya Pradesh. Comparison of the new ‘suruchi bhojan’ with the old ‘daliya’ programme in the government primary schools in the survey area and observations on programme implementation in Karnataka, suggest a pressing need …
The discussions on the Union budget 2005-2006 reflect the media's middle-class obsession. The finance minister's proposal for a fringe tax - on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat - was all that was found worth discussing. Nothing else mattered. But it should. The budget is about expenditure for development …
