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Economy

Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014

The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014, the 45th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2014
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Economy, Poverty, Food Security, Food Prices, Environment, Climate Change, Asia, India, Globalisation, Transport, Communication, Energy, Electricity, Governance
Environment

Sustaining human progress: Reducing vulnerabilities and building resilience (Human Development Report 2014)

The 2014 Human Development Report—Sustaining Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience—looks at two concepts which are both interconnected and immensely important. This year's Report show that overall global trends are positive and that progress is continuing.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2014
UNDP
Tags:
Development, Globalisation, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Indian Ocean, India, Poverty, Climate Change, Tsunami, Agriculture, Conflicts, Environment, Population Trends, Food Security, Women, Governance, Corruption, Global Warming, Consumption Patterns, Urban Habitat, Migration, Water Supply, Sanitation, Water Demand, Refugees, Droughts, Floods
Environment

Global Trends 2014

Global Trends 2014 looks at the attitudes and behaviours of consumers and citizens in 20 key countries around the world.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2014
IPSOS
Tags:
Population Trends, Globalisation, Migration, Economic Development, Climate Change, Technology, Politics, Health, Poverty, Consumption Patterns, Media, United Kingdom (UK), India, Lifestyles, Global
Agriculture

Moving from vulnerability to resilience in Africa

In August 2012, the Seidu family had to cope with the bad harvest. Like many farming families in northern Ghana, they had to adopt the ‘one-zero-one’ strategy for the children and the ‘zero-zero-one’ strategy for themselves. ‘One’ represents a meal, ‘zero’ is no meal. So during the lean season, their four children had breakfast in the morning, nothing at midday, and a meal in the evening.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
Peter Gubbels
Farming Matters
8-11
Tags:
Agriculture, Ghana, Food Security, Africa, Green Revolution, Farmers, Trade, Globalisation, Wastelands, Drought Prone Areas, Agroforestry, Climate Change, Agroecosystem Planning
Agriculture

Draft farm policy awaits government nod

Though the state government today hosted AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi to brainstorm on farmers’ issues to be included in the 2014 Lok Sabha manifesto, the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress gov

Publication Date: 
25/02/2014
Pradeep Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Agriculture, Farmers, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Wheat, Globalisation
Health

Quick test for food contamination

The first-ever indigenous low-cost pathogen kit, use to check food contamination, is all set to hit the market. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate the kits this week.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2014
Teena Thacker
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Adulteration, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Globalisation, Health Effects, Health
Climate Change

One world of climate and trade

India has emerged as a "voice" in climate change and trade negotiations.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2013
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Climate Change, Trade, Globalisation, UNFCCC, Economy, Ozone Layer, Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, WTO, Agriculture, Farmers, Developing Countries, Green House Gases, Environment, Sunita Narain, CSE
Agriculture

Agriculture: Small steps forward on farm trade?

Despite lack of agreement among negotiators on the “small package” of measures for the WTO’s Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, draft texts on farm trade are being sent on to ministers. Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, however, has clarified that these measures would not be presented as “agreed.” The current package had been put forward as a down-payment on a bigger set of issues under negotiation as part of the Doha Round of trade talks, which were declared at an impasse in 2011.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2013
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
17
40
Tags:
Agriculture, WTO, Trade, India, Developing Countries, Subsidies, Exports, Cotton, Food Storage, Globalisation, Brazil, China, Food Security, Food Policy
Environment

World social science report 2013: changing global environments

This report published by UNESCO, the International Social Science Council and OECD, highlights connections between global environmental change, particularly climate change, and challenges such as accelerated production and consumption, population growth & widespread patterns of inequality.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2013
UNESCO
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Globalisation, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Global Warming, India, South Asia, Global, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban world: the shifting global business landscape

By 2025, almost half of the world’s biggest companies will probably be based in emerging markets, profoundly altering global competitive dynamics projects this new report by McKinsey Global Institute. It focuses on understanding the global landscape for large companies—and how it will be reshaped by the rise of thousands of new corporate giants based in the emerging world.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Richard Dobbs, Jaana Remes, Sven Smit, & et al
McKinsey Global Institute
Tags:
Urbanisation, Industry, Economic Development, India, Global, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Globalisation, Economy, Environment, Services

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