India

 Faulty indicators

Conventional indicators such as per capita income or real state domestic product (RSDP) -- the aggregate output of goods produced within the state at constant prices -- have no definite correlation

Publication Date: 
29/09/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economic Development, India
Poverty

 The economics of empowerment

"For a long time now, we have been calculating the number of people below and above the poverty line. And, these numbers have become a hot political issue. But the important thing is to eradicate

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
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Water Resources, Deforestation, Watershed Development, Economic Development, Poverty, CSE
Mining

 Journey into the market-place

Papua New Guinea has come a long way from a society that began cultivating crops in 8000 BC and had no need for a market economy. It came in touch with the outside world just about 100 years ago. Today, it exports minerals and imports food. The people com

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
Down to Earth
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Land Degradation, Mining, Minerals, Economic Development, Exports, Papua New Guinea
Mining

 Wisdom from an obscure archipelago

In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market economy, its unique land tenure system and the mining and forestry sectors.

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Land Degradation, Mining, Deforestation, Economic Development, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Papua New Guinea
Environment

 Lessons from the fringe of the world

WITHIN the international community, few people have cared to study the environmental behaviour of Papua New Guinea. Its traditions provide a very instructive experience: they show the world how to

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
Down to Earth
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Environment, Industry, Papua New Guinea, Developing Countries, Economic Development
India

 Qualitywise, India is miles ahead

The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, pace and purposefulness.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
Sevanti Ninan
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Women, Child Labour, Economic Development, Video, Human Rights, India
Environment

 Prevention is cheaper than cure

"ONE OF the best investments the global community can make is in AIDS prevention," says Dr Michael H Mezon, director of the Global Programme on AIDS (GPA) of the World Health Organisation. "Money

Publication Date: 
Saturday, October 30, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Care, AIDS, Economic Development, WHO, Developing Countries, Statistics
Health

 UK environmentalists tilt at windmills

The setting up of windmills in the British countryside has sparked off a heated debate because some conservationists contend they are economically unviable and a blot on the landscape.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wind Energy, Turbines, Economic Development, Subsidies, United Kingdom (UK)
Environment

 When technology waves its magic wand

NEVER in recent history has the world witnessed political and strategic changes as dramatic as those seen between 1986 and 1991. In this short span, a once proud and mighty superpower has not only

Publication Date: 
29/09/1993
Kiran Karnik
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Economic Development, Technology, TV, Computers, Electronics
Environment

 Healthy, wealthy and wise

WHILE no two health care systems are alike, certain questions are germane to all: How do markets for health care work? Should governments work in the health care market? Why, and to what extent? What

Publication Date: 
29/09/1993
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Health Care, Economic Development, Finance

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