The World Bank begins an international conference in China on reducing poverty that will, according to James Wolfensohn, its president, change the way the Bank does business. The Shanghai conference

Though Vadodara in Gujarat figures amongst the few cities in the country with the highest per capita water supply, the city's performs dismally when it comes to quenching the thirst of around 14lakh

Grinding poverty compound by severe drought has compelled a hapless woman to sell off her 15-day-old male child in Nalgonda

Poverty is falling in India. This is not a take from the

Despite all the talk about an eight-per cent growth rate and the "feel good" factor, the fact remains that there is still a great deal of grinding poverty in India. In fact, much of the

A two-day workshop on "The anomalies in the fixation of the poverty line', organised by the Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Action Network (UPVAN) at the Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra, concluded in Lucknow. The

With a substantially higher percentage of poor people than the all-India figure of 26.10 per cent, more than one third (36.09 per cent) of Assam's population is below the poverty line. The percentage

The pile of garbage behind the spot where Marie Joseph sells tins of tomato paste started out small, the usual primordial goo that coats this grimy capital's streets, binding a putrid m

Citing free press as a key element in the global fight against poverty, the World Bank has said. A free press can act as a catalyst for economic development, the World Bank President, Mr James D

The Janata Dal (S) has submitted a memorandum to Governor T N Chaturvedi seeking direction to the chief secretary to immediately provide drinking water through tankers to areas suffering from