International goals to cut African poverty in half by 2015 are unlikely to be achieved, the UN's Economic Commission For Africa (ECA) has warned. According to the organisation's 1999 economic report,

It was already in a sorry state, but now the World Trade Organisation is leaderless too : a

The Secretaries of the seven nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will hold a three-day meeting from May 10

It has stopped getting better. In the past five years, economic and financial instability, low commodity prices, falling levels of aid, widespread civil wars and steady population growth have meant

Ms. Rangashri Kishore, a librarian with the UNICEF Library and Documentation Centre here, has been selected for the 1999 Exceptional Service Award of the Association of Specialised and Cooperatives

Emerging market financial crisis, uncertain prospects for the former Soviet economies and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa mean that progress towards human development is in danger of stalling after

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned Rs 121 crore to J&K during 1998-99 under the Rural Infrastructure Development fund (RIDF) . This includes Rs 59 crore for

Mark Malloch-Brown, a vice-president of the World Bank, was chosen to lead the UN Development Programme, the largest UN agency, with a $1 billion annual budget. The decision was made by UN Secretary

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has rejected India's stand justifying Quantitative Restrictions (QR) on imports on the grounds of balance of Payment (BOP) in its trade dispute with the US and has

For the third year in a row, the Madhya Pradesh Government machinery is going through the annual ritual of the Gram Sampark Abhiyan (village contact campaign).This campaign which began today, will be