The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Abakaliki — Ebonyi state government said it would spend about 12.5 billion naira for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 10 identified roads within the capital city of the state. In an interview, the state Commissioner for Works, Engr Fidelis Nweze noted that the state government was desirous of rehabilitating all …
Taking serious note of frequent road accidents, Arunhcal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has called for a strong and effective State policy to avert and minimise such mishaps. He advocated vigorous campaign for safe driving, safe speed and safety measures for commuters and pedestrians during a high level meeting of …
Reforming fossil fuel subsidies could free up enough funds to finance universal access to water, sanitation, and electricity in many countries, as well as helping to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions.
The State intends to be the most preferred destination for Food Processing Industry. The new Food Processing Policy aims to capitalize on the rich and diverse food production base of Andhra Pradesh to provide fillip to the sector. The Policy targets and objectives are: To make Andhra Pradesh one of …
RAIPUR: Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a tree transplanter machine at the Botanical Garden in Naya Raipur for relocating trees rather than cutting them off to pave way for urbanization and other developmental activities. According to officials, a large number of trees were hitherto cut for various …
Road To Be Restored To Original Form The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor -a cause of much misery for commuters -will finally be dismantled. The 5.8-km stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand Hospital that came up in 2008 had anyway become nobody's baby and there was a free-for-all in its …
While TRADE and industry organisations are eager to provide their suggestions on Erode’s REQUIREMENTS for transforming into a Smart City, there is no clarity on the process involved. Perceived emphasis of the Central Government on e-governance without any mention about infrastructure development by the City Corporation identified for the project …
Kenya has signed a Sh50 billion infrastructure loan with World Bank to fund part of the Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project. National Treasury Cabinet secretary Henry Rotich said the funds will be used to rehabilitation the 287 kilometere Nakodok- Loichangamatak that traverses Trans Nzoia, West Pokot …
Lack of a coordinated policy towards addressing rapid urbanisation has put the urban environment in peril, according to a government report released last week. The Economic Survey for the fiscal year 2014-2015 stated that despite being one of the least urbanised countries in Asia, urbanisation has been taking rapid growth …
Ethiopia and the European Union on Saturday signed two financial agreements amounting €190 million to support Ethiopia’s road sector and safety net programs.€140 million of the fund will be channeled to support the Fourth Road Sector Policy Support Program of the nation while the remaining €50 million will go to …
KATHMANDU, JUL 19 - The government is considering setting up a tribunal to fast-track land acquisition and compensation distribution for mega infrastructure projects. Most of the national pride projects and national priority projects, including the Kathmandu-Nijgadh Fast-Track raod, Mid-Hill Highway, 132KV Thankot-Chapagaun-Bhaktapur Tranmission line, Kabeli corridor, Shikta Irrigation Project, are …
This paper looks at adaptation from the point of view of households. It asks how political and economic institutions may affect – help or hinder – these adaptation decisions. Climate change represents a change in the (future) distribution of weather. Since the development literature has firmly established the role of …
Dehradun: In a major boost to the village panchayats, which is the lowest rung of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday received a sanction of Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre for developing infrastructure in over 10,000 villages.The funds, sanctioned by the Union Panchayati Raj Ministry, …
The Nepalese government unveiled the annual budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year on Tuesday with a total amount of 819.468 billion Nepalese rupees (about 8.11 billion US dollars) focusing on the reconstruction of thousands of earthquake-damaged infrastructures. The annual budget was announced by Nepal's Finance Minister Dr Ramsharan Mahat at …
Regulatory and policy shortcomings stifle Africa’s capacity to capitalize on the potential of its services sector, the UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2015 argues. The report, subtitled “Unlocking the Potential of Africa’s Services Trade for Growth and Development”, argues that because Africa’s infrastructure provision remains suboptimal and costly, the …
Luanda — The Ministry of Environment is recovering and building since 2008, various infrastructures in ten national parks of Angola, under the Public Investments Programme (PIP) and supports of national and international partners. The works carried out since the disintegration of the sector, consist on the recovery and building of …
The agendas of accelerating sustainable development and eradicating poverty and that of climate change are deeply intertwined. Growth strategies that fail to tackle poverty and/or climate change will prove to be unsustainable, and vice versa. A common denominator to the success of both agendas is infrastructure development. Infrastructure is an …
Statistics is the pivotal component for drawing inferences, initiating policy formulations and also for research purposes. In this endeavor, considering the importance of the statistics, this Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Government of Telangana has made an attempt to bringing out a publication namely “Economy in Brief – Telangana …
Lagos. — Dealing with Africa's infrastructure backlogs and its future demands are high on the agenda of leaders and civil society on the continent and abroad. While the continents infrastructure currently lags well behind that of the rest of the world with some 30% in a dilapidated condition, there is …
Cities accommodate nearly 31% of India's current population and contribute 63% of GDP (Census 2011). Urban areas are expected to house 40% of India's population and contribute 75% of India's GDP by 2030. This requires comprehensive development of physical, institutional, social and economic infrastructure. All are important in improving the …
