Health

Economic boom cant remove malnourishment, says World Bank

New Delhi: In a critical comment on India, one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the World Bank said robust economic growth and food security alone would not remove the tag of being

Publication Date: 
06/08/2009
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Child Health, Economic Development, World Bank, Food Security
Economy

Cabinet divided on SEZ

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The move of the CPM official faction to give a new lease of life to the Special Economic Zone applications, which had been pending with the Government, was aborted by the intervention of CPI, RSP and Kerala Congress Ministers in the Cabinet. As a result, the Cabinet could not appoint the Empowered Committee to give single window clearance to the SEZ applications.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Economic Development, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Kerala
Climate Change

Japan 2020 Climate Target Could Hurt Growth - Report

A government plan for greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 would push down Japan's economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and raise unemployment by 0.2 percentage points in 2020, a government panel report showed on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Green House Gases, GDP, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Economic Development, Unemployment, Japan
Environment

Small but effective moves towards a greener China

Your Editorial 'Raising the standards' (Nature 459, 1033

Publication Date: 
06/08/2009
Wanxin Li
Nature
460
7256
683
Tags:
Environment, Economic Development, Information, Public Participation, NGO, China, Environment Management, Pollution Control
Economy

Government of Indias Northeast policy

This paper aimed at examining the Central Government involvement in the NER to analyze what factors define the shaping of policies and the attitude and approaches the Government pursues towards the NE. One factor, which seems to influence the framing of policies as well as defining the Government

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Anne-Sophie Maier
Heinrich Boll Foundation
Tags:
Environment, Development, Economic Development, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, India, North East
Economy

Beyond the growth economy

Economic growth is supposed to deliver prosperity. Higher incomes should mean better choices, better lives, an improved quality of life for us all. That, at least, is the conventional wisdom. But things haven't always turned out that way.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Tim Jackson
Journal of Industrial Ecology
13
4
487
Tags:
Economy, Industrial Workers, Economic Development, Unemployment, Industry, Europe
Environment

The Planets Price Tag

If you knew it costs the earth Rs 15 lakh a year to pay your car

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Prerna Singh Bindra
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Mining, Drinking Water, Deforestation, Climate Change, GDP, Electricity, Corbett NP, Ranthambore NP, Economic Development, CSE, Sunita Narain, Orissa (Odisha)
Economy

Sustainable goods and services in the 21st century

In many ways, 2009 will prove to be a historic year.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Sanjay Kumar
WWF India
Tags:
Environment, WTO, Economy, Economic Development, India, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Trade
Economy

Government spending on public goods: Evidence on growth and poverty

Using panel data from 14 Indian states between 1990 and 2002, this paper empirically examines how the share of government spending on public goods such as health, education and basic infrastructure affects per capita gross domestic product growth and poverty reduction at the state level.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Houqi Hong, Sadiq Ahmed
Economic and Political Weekly
44
31
102
Tags:
Health, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Subsidies, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Public Sector, Education, Government Of India (GOI), India, Infrastructure Development
Habitat And Urbanisation

Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices?

The recent spike in food prices has led to a renewal of interest in agricultural issues and in the long-term drivers of food prices. Urbanization has been mentioned as one possible cause of higher food prices.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Gordon McGranahan, Jesper Stage, Jrn Stage
IIED
Tags:
Environment, Agricultural Research, Food Prices, Food Supply, Trade, Biofuel, Urbanisation, Economic Development, India, Global, Agriculture

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