The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The agricultural sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for up to 30 per cent of the global total. Agriculture is itself also affected by climate change, with overall impacts predicted to be negative, particularly in poor countries. These are likely to have serious consequences, both …
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has proposed a 30-point agenda with a view to achieve double digit growth during the next decade in Uttarakhand. Areas which will primarily be focussed on include industry promotion, international trade, agriculture and allied activities, special economic zones, energy, information and …
The Global Information Technology Report 2012 features the latest results of the NRI, offering an overview of the current state of ICT readiness in the world. This year’s coverage includes a record number of 142 economies from both the developing and developed world, accounting for over 98 percent of global …
A Bill to re-enact the law to provide for establishment of an independent body of Himachal Lokayukta to inquire into complaints and allegations of corruption against public servants and public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
This paper examines the changes in the ways in which villagers have gained access to resources and services over time in what are now “villages in the city” within the city of Guangzhou. It compares and contrasts three periods: the clan-based traditional villages, the commune period and the period since …
In 2011, a group of dedicated journalists from South Asia writing on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) established a regional body called WASH Media – South Asia. The group consists of both print and broadcasting media personnel from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. As the members were already …
In order to accelerate progress on undernutrition reduction we need to understand how the governance of nutrition programmes leads to successful outcomes. Based on evidence from six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Zambia, this briefing informs government leaders, policymakers and key stakeholders of the Scaling Up Nutrition movement: …
Microsoft India has partnered with government in delivering many successful e-governance initiatives. It has played a key role in the areas of education through the Siksha initiative by enhancing IT skills of the teachers. Ranbir Singh, group director, public sector, Microsoft India, in an interview with Samir Sachdeva mentions the …
The purpose of this ‘global’ project on groundwater governance presents something of a paradox – it is looking for a global solution to a set of essentially local problems. Patterns of groundwater use are necessarily determined by the aquifers that host the groundwater and the hydrogeological process that condition groundwater …
Ahmedabad: Here’s one more reason for Amdavadis to feel proud of their city. After the TOIIMRB survey ranked Ahmedabad as the most liveable city in the country recently, it has now got special mention at the recently concluded Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize (WCP). Instituted by the Singapore Redevelopment …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, presenting the 2012 budget on Friday said the growth of the Indian economy, estimated at 6.9 per cent during this fiscal year, was “disappointing”. “The global crisis has affected us. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) was expected to grow at 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, after …
‘But cumbersome anti-graft apparatus can delay decisions' With a slew of scams vitiating the government's policy-making environment and holding up reforms, the Economic Survey 2011-12 on Thursday advocated need for a ruthless crackdown on corruption, but cautioned that a large and cumbersome anti-corruption bureaucracy could impact decision-making. “While we need …
Political representation is a necessary condition for a liberal democracy. Political quotas are meant to address the absence of those who are excluded because of the inegalitarian social structures in which political processes are enacted. This is accepted as a legitimate justification for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe quotas in …
“High time the Government reconciles to transparency as the only method of good governance” Quoting theologian and classical scholar Benjamin Jowett's words that “doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door”, Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin on Friday pulled up the Delhi Government for showing “obduracy …
This advisory note on Improving Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Services (WSS) in India is an effort to provide guidance to States and Cities in adopting specific policies and governance structures for improving service delivery to the customers. The note seeks to address key policy, institutional, financial and professional issues …
Issues of development and governance would decide the fate of an unpromising BSP, renascent SP, hopeful Congress and a dispirited BJP in a changed Uttar Pradesh In Uttar Pradesh, the real question is not who is losing and why. Within a few hours of a casual travel through the state, …
Geraldine J. Fraser-Moleketi, Practice Director, Democratic Governance Group, United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed interest in visiting Kerala and learning about the government’s work in the area of democratic governance. “We would be happy to explore areas of mutual collaboration in strengthening South-South learning initiatives and possible partnership with …
This new ADB report provides insights into Asian and Pacific resource use trends and outlines key actions that governments can pursue to help bring economic growth strategies in closer alignment with the objective of sustainable development. This report—Green Growth, Resources, and Resilience—describes an evolving policy landscape characterized by a changing …
Bhubaneswar: The initiative of the Odisha government in IT sector yielded result as the Centre has selected the state for the award under Best Government Portal category. Project Integrated Treasury Management System (iOTMS) of the Directorate of Treasuries & Inspection of finance department) has won the gold under the excellence …
The State Government’s initiative in IT sector yielded result as the Union Government has recognised its superlative works towards e-governance and as a token of this recognition, has announced to bestow the State with the National e-governance Award at the 15th National Conference on e-Governance in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February …
