This handbook is a draft stand-alone toolkit for teaching and learning ecological economics through front-line activist experience and knowledge. Is the product of collaborative efforts between environmental activists and ecological economists from around the world belonging to the CEECEC network.
There is more to combating HIV in the developing world than providing affordable drugs. T. V. Padma looks at the innovative new strategies being employed.
As part of its plan to infuse about Rs 13,400 crore towards development in 35 districts worst hit by the Naxalite problem in nine states, the government plans to earmark about Rs 500 crore to create facilities to ensure deployment of personnel, like teachers and health workers among others, required for the delivery of essential services in those areas.
This paper uses multivariate dynamic panel analysis to examine the response of international financial flows to natural disasters. The models estimated for a large sample of developing countries point to differentiated responses of specific types of financial flows. The results show that remittance inflows increase significantly in response to shocks to both climatic and geological disasters.
Jamshedpur, June 22: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to initiate steps to ensure better production of rice in Jharkhand through implementation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in villages.
It has decided to rope in NGOs for starting the project across the state.
ONGOLE, June 18: Victims of Laila cyclone are unhappy over the visit of the central insp-ection team which is coming to Prakasam district on June 24 to assess damages.
They expressed fear of not getting aid from the union government as the inspection was too late to assess damage with cyclone-hit areas back to normalcy.
The UN Department for Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA) has released the World Economic and Social Survey (WEES) 2010, which indicates that many of the global crises in recent years – such as the food, fuel and financial crises – are to a large extent due to major systemic failures in the global economy and weaknesses in the mechanisms for global governance.
More than 60 people from Kalitala in Hingalgunj Block, staged a demonstration in front of Hatgacha Post Office, Banderkhali, today after the postmaster of the Kalitala Post Office, Mr Ramen Mondol, refused to disburse relief of Rs 10,000 promised to Aila-victims for rebuilding their homes.
Ongole, May 31: Cyclone Laila victims staged protests on Mo-nday at Tangutur and Nagulappadu mandals, alleging anomalies in distribution of cyclone compensation.
At B. Nidamanuru village of Nagulappadu mandal, protesters squatted on the Chirala-Ongole road, due to which vehicular traffic was stalled for several hours.
