European Commission sets up fund for green projects

The European Commission has launched a fund to mobilize private sector investments in energy-efficient and renewable energy projects. The Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Down to Earth
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Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Finance, Private Sector, European Union (EU)

 Will Indian generosity help Africa?

The two-day Africa summit in New Delhi last month opened a significant chapter in India's external affairs. Inaugurating the summit, attended by 14 African leaders, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
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Development, Trade, Economic Development, Finance, International Cooperation, Africa, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Study on traffic and transportation policies in urban areas in India

Traffic and Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India was conducted in 1994 to establish the urban transport scenario and forecast the anticipated issues that would most likely crop up in the future. Further to this, a National Urban Transport Policy was approved in 2006 to help in addressing the unprecedented increase in transport problems that the major cities in the country are facing.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Ministry of Urban Transport
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Transport, Public Transport, Urbanisation, Urban Transport, Cars, Finance, India, Vehicles, Two Wheelers
Poverty

Conditional cash transfer programmes and their impact on poverty reduction: Lessons from Mexico and El Salvador

The uneven economic development undergone by Latin America throughout the last decades has had an impact on its political and social dynamics. Governments in the region have been looking for strategies to cope with the unstable economy and sharp inflation rates, trying to protect their most vulnerable population from the worst economic shocks. As a

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Patricia Silva
GTZ
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Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Mexico, El Salvador, Finance, South America

 States may get back CAMPA money

On March 13, a bill to increase the country's green cover received the union cabinet's approval. Rs 6,000 crore collected by the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (campa),

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Sumana Narayanan
Down to Earth
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Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Finance, Legislation, Supreme Court, India

 Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary

Farmers in Bangladesh, an agriculture-driven economy, are in for an era of dependency on hybrid seeds. Following a large-scale destruction of the country's paddy crops in the previous season, the

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Pinaki Roy
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Seeds, Rice, Farmers, Finance, Bangladesh

 New indices to track global carbon market

us-based Merrill Lynch and France's Soci

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Emissions Trading, Finance, France, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

 Not so lovely fair trade

SONIA KUNDU

After travelling in Himachal Pradesh to visit friends, I had an idea to export wild mushrooms to the uk. Not really crazy when you consider how much Europeans love their wild mushrooms and how abundantly they grow in Himachal.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Down to Earth
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Organic Farming, Mushroom, Forest Personnel, Climate Change, Trade, Climate Impacts, Finance, Europe, India, Himachal Pradesh
Governance And Institutions

Voluntary Sector: Complementing or replicating the state?

The 2007 National Policy on the Voluntary Sector aims at creating an enabling environment for voluntary organisations and facilitating their partnership with the government. But it suffers from a major lacuna in that it fails to comprehensively address the central aspects of autonomy, credibility and the nature of partnership itself. Instead of assisting the voluntary sector to take on roles distinct from and complementary to the state's development agenda, it encourages activities commensurate with state approaches. April 19-25, 2008

Publication Date: 
19/04/2008
Tanya Jakimow
Economic and Political Weekly
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Development, Finance, Services, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), CAPART, NGO, India
Health

Can you pay people to be healthy?

Several countries have used fi nancial incentives to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles with encouraging results. Now this approach has been suggested in a number of UK policy documents. But what is the evidence that it works? : a report.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2008
Emma Wilkinson
Lancet
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Lifestyles, Fast Foods, Health Effects, Consumption Patterns, Health Care, Health Policy, Smoking, Obesity, Finance

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