Economy

 Regional Trade Agreements dividing north south trade?

The World Trade Organization (wto) was supposed to be the driver of free trade in a globalised economy. But this does not seem to be the case. Regional trade agreements (rtas) seem to be ruling the

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
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Trade, WTO, Economy, Economic Development, Subsidies, International Cooperation, Unemployment, India, Global, Developing Countries, Globalisation
Biodiversity

 West Bengal's wetlands under threat

WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee signed a much-hyped deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in infrastructure development on July 31. Billed

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecosystems, Wetlands, Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Animals, Aquaculture, Roads, Highways, Waste Disposal, Biodiversity, Ramsar Convention, Economic Development, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Agriculture

 Red said go

West Bengal s Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

Publication Date: 
30/08/2006
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Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Agriculture, Hoogly, Singur, Displacement, Farmers, Landless, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Economic Development, Industry, Auto Industry, Political Parties, West Bengal
Economy

 Market rules UK's land use planning

An interim report on the uk's land-use planning was released on July 4, 2006, fuelling a debate on the possibility of relaxing regulations in the planning system to encourage rapid market growth.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2006
Anna Simpson
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Economy, Housing, Green Spaces, Economic Development, Planning, Unemployment, NGO, United Kingdom (UK), Sustainable Development, Globalisation
Industry

 No free lunches in India

It seems that the people who matter in this country have a simple enough formula for life and liberty. We should open up the market, create opportunity for the organised industry, mix and stir, and

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Trade, Farmers, Economic Development, Industry
Economy

 Arunachals first HDR report

Arunachal Pradesh Human Development Report 2005 Published by Arunachal Pradesh Government In 2005, Moji Riba, an Arunchal-based documentary maker returned to the Apatani plateau to see an

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
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Economy, Economic Development, Arunachal
Agriculture

 Sowing the seeds of revival

The Burning of the Rice, A Cambodian Success Story by Don Puckridge

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Economic Development, Cambodia
Economy

 No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Farmers, Rural Development, Economic Development, Finance, Governance, Parliament, India
Energy

Coal and gas consumption with economic growth: co-integration and casuality evidences from India

This paper examines 'coal consumption-GDP (gross domestic product)' and 'gas consumption-GDP' causality in India by deploying co-integration and Granger causality techniques. Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests reveal that all series viz. per capita gas consumption, after logarithmic transformation are non-stationery and individually integrated of the order one.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2006
Sajal Ghosh, Sujay Basu
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Energy, Economic Development, India
Industry

 A safety valve!

Alarmed by super rapid industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank suggests urgent corporate voluntary action and diluted regulations

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
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Economic Development, Industry, Asia, China, India, Statistics

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