Set back by last-minute squabbles and thrown off schedule by ripple effects of the terror attacks in the United States, trade negotiators here are racing to tie up a host of technical loose ends by

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have decided to drastically shorten their autumn meetings because of concern about violent protests, as Washington officials plan to ask the federal

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has pledged support to the Tenth Five-Year Plan with a four pronged development

Anti-globalisation activists are planning a flotilla of protest boats to land in Qatar during World Trade Organisation meetings in an effort to halt the launch of a new trade round. In what could be

A World Bank internal report said some creditors have been slow to hop abroad an ambitious international program aimed at relieving the high debt burdens of poor

The Karnataka State Government is preparing an elaborate proposal to secure the maximum benefit out of the "Sampoorna Grameena Rozgar Yojana", expected to be launched by the Union Government

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should integrate human rights considerations into their loan packages, Human Rights Watch, the US-based advocacy group, said. The group said in its

The World Bank is conducting a disciplinary investigation of one of its highest-ranking economists, who sharply criticized the bank's record on fighting poverty in a recent book and newspaper opinion

India will receive 200 million euro for the sarva shiksha abhiyan from the 15-nation European Union. In keeping with it policy of according top priority to education in developing countries, EU has

Union minister for rural development M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said his ministry had planned to set up one self-help group (SHG) in each village in the country within three years. Speaking after the

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