India

 Nothing for local communities

Economic considerations override conservation priorities in India s biodiversity act

Publication Date: 
30/12/2004
VANAJA RAMPRASAD
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Agriculture, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Legislation, India
Poverty

 Failure isn t a keyword

Pro-Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia, Decentralization and Participatory Development

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
Bibek Debroy
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economic Development, Poverty, Governance, Asia, India
India

 Devolution is bankrupt

Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Rural Development, Economic Development, Panchayats, World Bank, India
Environment

 Tale of many cities

Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Shivani Chaudhry
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Economic Development, India
Mining

 Time to bid adieu

April 23 marked the end of the 300-year-old coal mining industry in France. On that day, the last symbolic block of coal was extracted from the La Houve mine near the town of Creutzwald, abutting the

Publication Date: 
30/05/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Nuclear Power, Emissions Trading, Energy, Economic Development, Industry, China, France
Economy

 Shortchanged

What ails the economies of the eight northeastern states? The warped fiscal policies of the Union government

Publication Date: 
14/04/2004
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
North East, Economy, Economic Development, Subsidies, Industry
India

 Cancun redux

Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial see: "How not to lose all", October 1

Publication Date: 
14/01/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Trade, WTO, Kyoto Protocol, Economic Development, Finance, Global Environmental Agreements, NGO, Politics, Germany, Italy, Russia, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Chile, India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Subsidies
Air Pollution

 Stupid growth

The Sensex stock index has risen by 75 per cent since April this year. The rupee is at a three year high. Global investment analysts Goldman Sachs predict that India is the fastest growing of the

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Trade, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Exports, Imports, Poverty, Industry, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Global
Industry

 Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
Sopan Joshi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Intercrop Systems, Rice, Basmati Rice, Wheat, Economic Development, Finance, Industry, India, Punjab, Crops
Economy

 How should tribal owners profit from forest wealth?

The gross tribal produce of Bastar is in excess of Rs 1,000 crore a year. Tribals, owners of the minor forest produce in terms of the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, 1996 receive around 20 per cent of the value of their produce. 80 per

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
K S Ram
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Minor Forest Produce, Economy, Tribals, Economic Development, India, Bastar

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