One of the promises of globalization is that jobs are distributed to countries that need them and can do them most cheaply. That process brought many Asian nations out of poverty in the past and

The Orissa government has decided to implement a Rs 220 crore western Orissa rural livelihood project in the perenially drought-prone Bolangir and Nuapada districts this year, minister of state for

National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned RS 537.21 crore for strengthening rural infrastructure in 13 states. These sanctions which were made by the project

Paswan: Union communications minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that village public telephone(VPT) would be provided to the four southern states by March

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank responding to criticisms about the way they handeled the financial crisis of the 1990s, issued a joint declaration aimed at improving the way they

The Gyandoot Project of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh has bagged the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award in the Public Service and Democracy

International Monetary fund chief Horst Kohler on Tuesday gave the Vajpayee government a clean chit for its pro-reforms credentials and commitments, and declared that India can achieve an 8-10 per

WB : The World Bank said India's 6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) has spurred a 5.8 percent growth in South Asia in 1999, but sounded a warning about the country's fiscal deficit.

Rural poverty rose by 3.42 percentage points in the first seven years of the current decade. However, urban poverty has declined marginally by 1.32 per cent, according to the 53rd round of the

Democracy and fundamental freedoms are as essential to reducing poverty and promoting human development as economic growth and access to basic services, the United Nations Development Programme says