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 Books, films and underdevelopment

If producing cultural products, such as books, newspapers, movies or radios, reflects a nation's degree of progress, then the developing world trails far behind. And the gap has decreased only

Publication Date: 
Saturday, March 30, 1996
Down to Earth
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Economic Development, Developing Countries, Statistics
People

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: The Fourth World Conference on Women

The Platform for Action is an agenda for women’s empowerment. It aims at accelerating the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and at removing all the obstacles to women’s active

Publication Date: 
01/09/1995
United Nations
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Women, Poverty, Education, Health, Environment, Economy, Conflicts, Human Rights, Media, Children
Forests

 Round and round we go

The concept of Chakriya Vikas Pranali (CVP) can roughly be translated into English as "Cyclical System of Development". As with all translations, it is a poor copy of the original meaning. The

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
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Forests, Poverty, Bihar, Sustainable Development
Forests

 Cycle of change

A new development programme in Palamau in Bihar, a rich land with poor people, can set the pace for a reversal of fortune

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
Gopal K Kadekodi
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Forests, Poverty, Bihar, Sustainable Development
Poverty

 Sea change in the forest

Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
Rakesh Agarwal
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Shifting Cultivation, Afforestation, Governance And Institutions
Poverty

 Powering people

Proliferating grassroots level activity in Orissa is empowering villagers, taking them closer to a fairytale end to unending tales of poverty and exploitation

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Rakesh Agarwal
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Rural Development, Poverty, Orissa (Odisha)
Poverty

 Nukes iced

Russia's nuclear recklessness could haunt the Northern regions for centuries to come

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Sujata Rao
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Nuclear Research, Nuclear Wastes, Russia
Poverty

 Law in defiance

The international community may agree to do without chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- the chemicals identified as being primarily responsible for the depletion of the earth's ozone shield -- but the

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
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Montreal Protocol, Ozone Layer, Global Warming, United States Of America (US)
Poverty

 Panel inspected

The inherently flawed investigation of Nepal's Arun III dam project has undermined the credibility of the World Bank's new Inspection Panel

Publication Date: 
30/05/1995
Bikash Pandey, Gopal Siwakoti
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Dams, World Bank, Nepal
Poverty

 VANISHING HERBS

The smuggling of rare medicinal herbs out of Nepal is worrying environmentalists. Important herbs from the western region - including endangered ones like Panchaule, latamansi and Yarchagombu -

Publication Date: 
30/05/1995
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Medicinal Plants, Nepal

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