Economy

The march of neoliberalism

Union Budget 2010-11 has given a forward thrust to the neoliberal agenda in all the crucial sectors where "reforms" had been stalled.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addressing the media after the Economic Survey 2009-10 was tabled in Parliament on February 25.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2010
Prabhat Patnaik
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Green Revolution, Finance, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Frontline (Chennai), Prabhat Patnaik, Budget
Climate Change

Financing the Response to Climate Change

This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a

Publication Date: 
25/03/2010
Hugh Bredenkamp, Catherine Pattillo
International Monetary Fund
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Climate Adaptation, Adaptation Fund, Finance, Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, Copenhagen Accord
Economy

GDP to grow at 8.5% in 2010-11, says Pranab

Bangalore: The country has successfully overcome the effect of the global economic slowdown and the GDP is expected to grow at 8.5% during fiscal 2010-11, plus or minus 0.25%, said Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Development, GDP, Economy, Finance, Planning Commission
Governance And Institutions

Reviewing the performance of the Government of Karnataka

To understand people

Publication Date: 
13/03/2010
Harish Narasappa, A R Vasavi
Economic and Political Weekly
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11
17
Tags:
Environment, Floods, Drought, Rural Development, Finance, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Governance And Institutions, Governance, Political Parties, NGO, Karnataka, Corruption, Infrastructure Development, Agriculture
Governance And Institutions

Reviewing the performance of the government of Karnataka

To understand people’s perceptions about the functioning of their representatives in the legislature, DAKSH, a civil society organisation in Karnataka, conducted a survey in October and November 2009 across 218 legislative assembly constituencies. The results from the survey reflect a stark gap between people’s expectations and their perceptions of the performances of the representatives. A summary of the report.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2010
Harish Narasappa, A R Vasavi
Economic and Political Weekly
45
11
17-21
Tags:
Governance, Karnataka, NGO, Finance, Political Parties, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Infrastructure Development, Development
Economy

Achieving the millennium development goals in an era of global uncertainty: Asia-Pacific regional report 2009/10

This report, which would jointly prepared by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank and the UN Development Programme, illustrates the negative impacts of the global economic crisis on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific region and identifies opportunities for action showing how countries can better protect themse

Publication Date: 
10/03/2010
UNESCAP
Tags:
Malnutrition, Rural Water Supply, Infant mortality, Trade, Health, Economy, Women, Finance, Poverty, Unemployment, Education, Asia, India, Sustainable Development, South Asia
Forests

Failure to protect forests costs state dearly

Shimla: The report of the 13th Finance Commission has brought to fore a harsh reality that Himachal Pradesh has been lagging far behind in protecting green cover in comparison to other Himalayan states.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Finance, Arunachal, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (D)
Forests

Rs 40.5 crore for Sikkim forest conservation

GANGTOK, March 4: Not exactly a Green Bonus as promised by Jairam Ramesh but Sikkim and other green States has something to cheer with the 13th Finance Commission recommending that much of the Rs 5,000 crores grants for forestry promotion in the country would be linked to the number of approved working plans which the State Forest Department prepares.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Finance, Sikkim
Climate Change

The reformed financial mechanism of the UNFCCC: renegotiating the role of civil society in the governance of climate finance

This paper analyses the processes for civil society engagement instituted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the World Bank

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Anju Sharma
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Tags:
UNFCCC, Climate Change, Finance, Governance And Institutions, Governance, NGO, India, Developing Countries
Water Supply

Pro-poor financial services for rural water: linking the water sector to rural finance

Despite the fact that the financial services sector in many
countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, are still
characterized by manifold constraints and limitations, the
future potential of local financial markets for financing

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
& et al, Franz-Josef Batz, Stephanie Lorek, Johannes Majewski
GTZ
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Rural Water Supply, Irrigation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Farmers, Finance, Poverty, India, Developing Countries, Germany, & et al, GTZ, Franz-Josef Batz, Stephanie Lorek, Johannes Majewski

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