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 Firing the fuel

Delhi acts tough on diesel vehicles, levies pollution tax

Publication Date: 
30/08/2004
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Pollution, Diesel, Delhi, Vehicles
India

 Developing diversity

Isn t a good fillip to growth also cultural in nature?

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
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Development, Population, Poverty, Nepal, India, Statistics
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 A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
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Malnutrition, Poverty, Governance, Maharashtra
Poverty

 Caught in a trap

World’s poorest nations can’t have the much needed investment for growth

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
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Finance, Poverty, Statistics
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 Limited democracy

Panchayati raj institutions have not given much justice to Dalits

Publication Date: 
29/06/2004
UMAKANT
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Poverty, Education, Panchayats, India
Poverty

 Celebrating WSF 2004

When 80,000 people talk it makes noise. So it wasn t unusual for the fourth World Social Forum WSF in Mumbai to be snidely called a huge talking fair . There was also talk about WSF s need to introspect on its ability to impact globally. A good point.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
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Common Property Resources, Water Policy, Forest Policy, Poverty, Private Sector, Information, Public Participation, India, Globalisation
Poverty

 Full-scale review of poverty

What is poverty? The Planning Commission is set to undertake an exercise to find a quantifiable answer to the question. It has proposed to the Union government to set up an expert group to redefine poverty and, consequently, reassess the percentage of Ind

Publication Date: 
30/01/2004
Nitin Sethi
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Economy, Poverty, Small Scale Industry, Statistics
Poverty

 Poor amenities

Basic services can work against poverty but are usually elusive, shows the latest World Development Report

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
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Sanitation, Health Care, Poverty, Education, Developing Countries, Statistics
Poverty

 Forlorn in the USA

About 12 million American families last year couldn t afford to buy food. 32 per cent of them actually experienced someone going hungry at one time or another. These are some of the findings of the Agriculture Department of the us. It was the third year i

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
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Starvation, Poverty, Research, United States Of America (US)
Air Pollution

 Stupid growth

The Sensex stock index has risen by 75 per cent since April this year. The rupee is at a three year high. Global investment analysts Goldman Sachs predict that India is the fastest growing of the

Publication Date: 
29/11/2003
Sunita Narain
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Trade, Economy, Economic Development, Finance, Exports, Imports, Poverty, Industry, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Global

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