Environment

 Increasing clout of G 77

The Group of 77 has enabled developing countries to air their grievances against the powerful North at international fora. But its financial dependence on industrialised countries threatens to curb its role.

Publication Date: 
30/07/1993
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Environment, Sanitation, Global, Sustainable Development, Drinking Water
Economy

 Taking science to the market

ALL THROUGH the second half of the 20th century, whenever Western governments have seen their industries lagging behind globally, they have resorted to updating their technology policies. The result

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
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Development, Economy, Industry, Research, Government Of India (GOI), Japan, Europe, United States Of America (US), Global
Environment

 Well researched essays on sustainability

THE INTERNATIONAL Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) in London has been conducting research on environment- and development-related policy issues for the past 20 years. Policies for a

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
Farhad Vania
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Environment, Tropical Forests, Research, United Kingdom (UK), Global, Sustainable Development, Rio Summit
India

 Manmohan's bag of magical budgeting tricks

The finance minister"s targets for restructuring -- lower fiscal deficit, stronger economic recovery and higher exports -- form the core of his latest budget.

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
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Economy, Exports, India, Global
India

 Budgetary provisions are export oriented

The budget seeks to encourage technological change in India, especially in export-oriented industries, and to obtain private funding for government R&D institutes.

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
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Economy, Exports, India, Global
Industry

 How images can break or make corporations

HOW IMPORTANT is a chief executive's personality in the way a corporation works? Very, says Matthew Lynn in this book. In a game with billions at stake, it is a rare breed of people who have the

Publication Date: 
14/02/1993
Nitya Jacob
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Drugs, Industry, United States Of America (US), Global
Climate Change

 Satellite images help monitor ocean warmth

Meteorologists can now use satellite pictures to keep track of hot spots in the Pacific.

Publication Date: 
14/10/1992
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Oceans and Seas, Atmosphere, Science And Technology, Scientists, United States Of America (US), Global
Biodiversity

 Biodiversity under threat worldwide

IN GLOBAL terms, existing species are estimated at between five and 30 million. Of these, only 1.4 million have been identified, of which 750,000 are insects, 40,000 invertebrates, 250,000 plants and

Publication Date: 
Sunday, August 30, 1992
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Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Global
Biodiversity

 Should life forms be patented globally?

Patents are monopoly rights granted to the inventors to protect their economic interests. But this becomes complicated when the patent is applied to life forms on a global scale.

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
Usha Menon
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Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Patents, Global
Poverty

 Driving home a point without any solutions

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Amit Mitra
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Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Poverty, United States Of America (US), Global, Developing Countries, Rio Summit

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