Energy

Global investment in clean energy hits $243bn: UN

Global investment in clean energy rose to a record $243 billion dollars last year with the vast majority concentrated in the world's top 20 economies, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2011
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, UNDP, Finance, Climate Change, European Union (EU), Japan, United States Of America (US), Global Warming, Carbon Market, Sea Level Rise, Drought, Brazil, China
Environment

Nigeria To Curb Loans To Firms That Hurt

Nigeria's regulators plan to introduce new lending standards for banks aimed at preventing loans to businesses that wreck the ecosystem, including oil companies not meeting environmental standards,

Publication Date: 
12/09/2011
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Nigeria, Environment, Ecosystems, Power Industry, Oil, Finance, Oil Pollution, Water Pollution, China, United States Of America (US)
Energy

Scaling-up renewable energy program investment plan for Nepal

This is Nepal's Investment Plan for funding under the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Program (SREP).

Publication Date: 
11/09/2011
Government of Nepal
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Nepal, Energy Technology, Electricity, Small Hydro Power, Rural Energy, Energy Policy, Finance, South Asia
Health

Absence of funds hits NRHM schemes

ALLAHABAD: The absence of adequate funds under National Rural Health Mission has taken toll on various projects like CCSP training and School Health Programme.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rural Health, Finance, Allahabad (D)
Health

Towards improved measurement of financial protection in health

Protecting citizens against the financial consequences of illness has long been a key objective of health systems worldwide. In the United Kingdom for example, financial protection—which refers to how far people are protected from the financial consequences of illness—was the fundamental goal when the National Health Service was established in 1948, more than health improvement or equitable access to health care.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2011
Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Christopher Millett, Peter C. Smith
PLoS Medicine
8
9
1-6
Tags:
Health, Finance, Health Insurance, Poverty, Immunisation, Child Health, Health Policy, Health Care, Indonesia, Developing Countries, India
Environment

Bank funds for Digha

Calcutta, Sept.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2011
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Finance, Medinipur (D), Coastal Development, Sundarbans, World Bank, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Health

Industry-sponsored clinical research

Over the past decade, India has witnessed a phenomenal growth in the clinical trial industry. The projections forecast a double-digit growth over the next decade propelled by enhanced outsourcing by drug developing companies.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Vikas Bajpai, Anoop Saraya
National Medical Journal of India
24
5
300-302
Tags:
Medical Research, Drug Industry, India, Health Care, Globalisation, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Legislation, Health Policy, Finance
Energy

Towards an ‘energy plus’ approach for the poor: a review of good practices and lessons learned from Asia and the Pacific

This report documents good practices and lessons learned in addressing energy poverty and expanding energy services for the poor. It draws from the experiences of 17 energy access programmes and projects in the Asia-Pacific region.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
UNDP
Tags:
Energy, Renewable Energy, Asia, India, Carbon Market, Electricity, Biomass, Fuel Efficiency, Finance, Rural Electrification, Poverty, Green House Gases
Economy

Turning vision into reality: the development challenges confronting Bhutan

The Round Table Meeting (RTM) for Bhutan is the most important forum for policy dialogue and aid coordination between the Royal Government and its development partners. Held once every two and a half years, the last RTM for Bhutan, the 10th, was held successfully in Thimphu, Bhutan, from 17th -18th February 2008.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
Gross National Happiness Commission
Tags:
Development, Bhutan, Economy, Governance, Poverty, Private Sector, Rural Development, Food Security, Finance, Climate Change, Political Decentralisation
Economy

Towards human resilience: sustaining MDG progress in an age of economic uncertainty

The recent global economic crisis has reinforced significant concerns about the impact of financial and economic shocks on human development.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2011
UNDP
Tags:
Economic Development, Developing Countries, India, Poverty, Economy, Exports, Finance, Development

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