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 At the feet of poverty

THE Aravallis, the oldest and hoariest mountain range in India, are today some of the most barren sentinels in the country. At the foothills of this range, which extends all the way from

Publication Date: 
30/05/1995
Seema Kalra
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Environment, Poverty, Aravalli Range
Poverty

 PAYBACK TIME

Sri Lankans im hotting up about an ambitious anti-poverty scheme to be launched in June. Us Samurdhi, about 100,000 families earning below US a month will get a direct income transfer of a little

Publication Date: 
14/05/1995
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Poverty, Sri Lanka
Poverty

 Playing dice with development

Like all such meetings before, the UN World Summit in Copenhagen had to address the needs of the commoner, the bedrock of all nations

Publication Date: 
30/03/1995
M C Nanavatty
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Poverty, Human Rights, UN, Denmark
India

 Living energy

Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Koshy Cherail
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Firewood, Biomass, Energy, Poverty, India
India

 Laps of plenty

Imagine this scene unfolding in one of the cool rooms off the magnificent Central Hall of the Indian Parliament: a Member of Parliament punches 2-fingered into an imported laptop 486, plugs it -- fax

Publication Date: 
14/07/1994
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Poverty, India, Computers
Poverty

 One goal, two roads

Non governmental organisations are taking the government's proposal for cooperation in poverty alleviation with a healthy pinch of salt

Publication Date: 
14/04/1994
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Poverty, Government Of India (GOI), NGO
India

 A haven for dumping

Outdated federal regulations make Indian reserves in Canada vulnerable to waste dumping from sly and better off surrounding communities

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Poverty, India
Poverty

 Royalties for folklore

DEVELOPED countries are busy increasing the breadth and depth of the intellectual property regime, using accusations of piracy. Yet, the innovations that multinationals have patented are heavily

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
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Poverty, Patents, Developing Countries
Poverty

 The land rush

DEVELOPMENT discourse in the post-World War II era centred on social and economic inequality. Rural poverty was linked directly to iniquitous land ownership and it was felt public policy had to take

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Pranab Mukhopadhyaya
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Land Resources, Land Encroachments, Deforestation, Migration, Poverty
Poverty

 World Bank optimistic

THE NUMBER of hungry people in South Asia -- who make up 49 per cent of the population -- can be cut by 50 per cent to 281 million, according to the World Bank. This can be achieved through

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
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Nutrition, Starvation, Poverty, World Bank

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