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 …
To understand people’s perceptions about the functioning of their representatives in the legislature, DAKSH, a civil society organisation in Karnataka, conducted a survey in October and November 2009 across 218 legislative assembly constituencies. The results from the survey reflect a stark gap between people’s expectations and their perceptions of the …
As long as the present generation of the powerful, whether the rulers in Washington or in New Delhi, persists with the practice of depending on its armed infrastructure to lord over the political space and establish hegemony over civil society, and fails to learn that such a policy invariably escalates …
In the parched lands of Bundelkhand, officials of the Government of India have found a success story in e-governance, which they now want to replicate across the country to strengthen the flagship scheme of the UPA Government
Three out of four poor people in the developing world live in rural areas, and most of them depend—directly or indirectly—on agriculture for their livelihoods. Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential for using agriculture for development. However, such services are difficult to provide in rural areas, because …
The Outline Perspective Plan (OPP) 2010-2021 fulfils a long felt need of the country. In the past there were attempts to formulate Perspective Plan but without success. The eventful dawn of the twenty first century with the deepening of globalization, challenges of realizing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the threat of …
Negotiate is a vital new resource for those interested in designing, leading, or participating in negotiation and consensus building on sustainable water resources management. Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. Negotiate makes the case for …
One of the much talked-about young revolutionary leaders of the undivided CPI(ML) in Bengal in the seventies and now with the PCC CPI(ML), a smaller faction of the fractured party, Santosh Rana has emerged as a major critic of the CPI (Maoist) in the wake of the Lalgarh movement. For …
The Indian Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949, and came into force on January 26, 1950. It is universally believed that our Constitution is an organic living institution. It is flexible yet resilient, designed to meet the needs and requirements of a fast changing and rapidly developing society. The …
Social media are changing the world in which we work, socialise and govern, and in many different ways. From Twitter to eBay, Facebook to YouTube, new tools are emerging every year that place the connecting power of the internet in the hands of every one of us. Marketing and sales …
INDIA’s draft policy on the software platform for e-governance has made a concession for proprietary software businesses like Microsoft. Proponents of open-source software called it a major departure from the Union government’s earlier stand, saying allowing proprietary software in the standards will limit people who can e-access the government. At …
Overruling objections by prominent Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) members Jean Dreze and Aruna Roy, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi on Monday said the government would go ahead and construct Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendras from NREGS funds. The CEGC is the apex body monitoring the job scheme. However, Joshi …
Residential welfare associations are a window of opportunity to consolidate loose networks of local associations engaged in activities around urban services. They have changed the dynamics of urban politics. This article attempts to trace how, while working in an increasingly globalised and polarised city like Bangalore, these groups demand a …
Madhya Pradesh government has been felicitated with the e-governance award by the government of India for the State's special initiative in outstanding implementation of the e-governance. These awards were presented by the Rajasthan Governor, Prabha Rao during the two-day 13th National Conference on E-Governance, which began in Jaipur from today. …
This note proposes a template for assessing the governance of urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) service providers and its impact of the quality of service and performance of operations. The template can be used for decentralized autonomous public corporations responsible for providing the WSS service to customers as well …
This new study conducted by IIM-Lucknow focuses on institutional strengthening of Central Pollution Control Board and its preparedness to undertake various measures as suggested by environmental statutes. The present study is not a typical impact evaluation study of CPCB. It has been conducted with a focus on preparing a business …
