Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Millions of trees in ecologically crucial areas like the Himalayas and Western Ghats have been saved by Chipko and Appiko Movement. These movements also worked for the regeneration of greenery over thousands of acres. The results can be seen in the forests of Jardhar and Piplet in Uttarakhand or the …
It is an accepted fact that the fast and skewed urbanization process that is presently taking place in the WHO South-East Asia (SEA) Region is becoming a powerful agent of change and is accompanied with economic opportunities, environmental threats and health challenges. The present paper examines primarily the process of …
This publication is a collection of Indian voices on economic structures, relations and principles that are needed to serve the goals of sustainable economic and human development, poverty eradication, social justice, and empowerment of the most vulnerable segments of society: women, dalits and adivasis. This publication is a collection of …
This is the first-ever city-level human development report that analyses in-depth various issues such as population, education, slums, gender, and health, among others, that will aid the city
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and local Indian institutions in Andhra Pradesh are addressing the gender aspects of coping with climate variability and longterm change within the project Gender-sensitive Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: Drawing on Indian Farmers
Vasectomies made up just 4% of sterilisations in India in three years n Chandigarh tops in condom use, Punjab second When it comes to family planning, Indian men would rather have women make the efforts. The trend is real, even in so-called empowered states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Not …
Obesity is a well recognized risk factor for various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to shed light on the patterns of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, with special interest in differences between the urban poor and …
Seldom do they ask me to praise anyone. Often, it is the other way round. Give it to them, say commissioning editors, in search of a vicarious glimmer of hope for their unedited thoughts. So then, here is a list of women who make me want to put on my …
A review of implementation of NREGS in West Bengal. Concludes that state’s NREGS programme is abysmally poor, despite the fact that there are committees and councils existing at various levels to monitor and review the programme. NREGA is the only Act in this country that ensures guaranteed employment to the …
‘Gender, Ecology and Development’ is a fast emerging area of academic and policy importance, especially in the context of developing societies. Beginning with a discussion in the international context, this paper looks into the attention paid to gender concerns in development in their links with environmental issues. Conceptual framework for …
Now days due to economic security, paddy-wheat rotation is prevalent in Punjab. This crop rotation has directly or indirectly caused a lot of ecological, economic and health problems. According to Indian Council of Medical Research, a healthy person should consume 300g vegetables, 40g pulses and negligible quanity of fruits per …
This book broadens and deepens understanding of a wide range of population-climate change linkages. Incorporating population dynamics into research, policymaking and advocacy around climate change is critical for understanding the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions, for developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus for global and national efforts to …
Cities have forgotten the amazing foods and cuisines they used to once enjoy. To remind them the Millet Network of India (MINI) and Kheti Virasat Mission organised the first ever exhibition of millets at the Press Club in Chandigarh called Bebe di Rasoi (Grandmother
This article draws on research the author carried out in Ghana and Burkina Faso to explore the impact of a transboundary water governance project on poor people
The number of undernourished people in the world has set a scandalous new record of one billion in 2009, in spite of a record grain harvest in 2008. This book argues that the
