Delegates from 63 developing nations began a five-day conference in Teheran on Sunday aimed at increasing trade and economic cooperation among

The decision of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to substantially reduce the duration of their 2001 annual meetings in Washington is yet another sign that global economic summits

The Madhya Pradesh Government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is organising an international seminar here later this week on "Decentralisation - New

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have agreed to a public debate with leading anti globalisation activists during the organisations annual meetings in Washington next month.

The Centre has introduced a four-point programme to increase the reach of the rural development schemes and bring about more efficiency in their

After making a mark on the global tourism map, Kerala is planning to announce a new industrial policy to open floodgate for increased private sector investments in the infrastructure and

The Union cabinet approved the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana(SGRY) with an annual outlay of Rs 10000 crore aimed at providing speedy development of rural infrastructure.

Sweden is the world's most knowledge-based economy, followed by the US, South Korea and Finland, with the UK in 13th position, according to a pioneering report by the Organisation for Economic

Negotiators in Geneva gave formal agreement for China's membership in the World Trade Organization.The agreement, which ends 15 years of talks, will change China and the world, the director-general

Even with declaring the coming year as the 'Year of Implementation' and promising the constitution of a 'Rapid Action Force' to monitor the implementation of existing poverty alleviation and