Agriculture

Bt Cotton in India: Development of benefits and the role of government seed price interventions

While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton
in India, most available studies are based only on one or two
years of data. We analyze the technology

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Prakash Sadashivappa, Matin Qaim
AgBio Forum
12
2
172
Tags:
Agriculture, Seeds, Cotton, Food Policy, Food Prices, GM Crops, Farmers, Private Sector, Biotechnology, India
Climate Change

Now or never climate change: time to get down to business

Climate change affects poor people first and worst. It is a major obstacle to development and poverty alleviation, as well as a serious threat to business supply chains and markets in developing countries. This paper which aims to help develop the debate on the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Oxfam International
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Economy, Emission Targets, Climate Adaptation, Poverty, Private Sector, Developing Countries
Water Supply

Governance in water supply

This paper reviews the institutional framework that governs the supply of water services, with a specific focus on developing countries. It first highlights the main mismatches that plague the water sector, namely those between the nature of resources, functions, jurisdiction and objectives of the different agents involved. It then goes on to address three main issues: the public vs.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2009
Stphane Straub
Global Development Network
Tags:
Water Supply, Governance, India, Sanitation, Water Resources, Developing Countries, Private Sector, Public Sector, Water Privatisation, Water Management
Water Resources

 Sources of pollution

The Mansagar lake

Publication Date: 
30/08/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Water Resources, Lakes, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lake Action Plan, Waste Disposal, Private Sector, Jaipur (D)
Water Resources

 Tourism deal

View image A hospitality outfit attempts to restore Mansagar lake Located in the Jaipur-Amber tourist corridor, the Mansagar lake is called the Jal Mahal lake because it houses the 18th century

Publication Date: 
30/08/2009
Bharat Lal Seth
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Water Resources, Lakes, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lake Action Plan, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Private Sector, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Rajasthan, Jaipur (D)
Dams/ Irrigation

Irrigation reform needed in Asia

International experts have called for urgent changes to the way water is used in farming throughout Asia.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2009
Mico Tatalovic
Nature
460
7258
943
Tags:
Green Revolution, Food Prices, Water Management, Dams/ Irrigation, Irrigation, Surface Water Irrigation, Canal Irrigation, Groundwater Irrigation, Farmers, Private Sector, Asia, Food Security
Forests

Centre, states to talk PPP, SPV route for forest cover

Sanjay Jog

Publication Date: 
18/08/2009
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Agroforestry, Forest Management, Afforestation, Public Sector, Private Sector
Economy

Public-private partnerships in India: A case for reform?

The public-private partnership model has emerged as the favoured model of project execution in India, especially in infrastructure, health and education. This article traces the theoretical underpinnings of PPP under a neoliberal, marketdriven and growth-oriented state. It describes the economic imperatives for public and private resource management and the case for PPP.

Publication Date: 
15/08/2009
Amrita Datta
Economic and Political Weekly
44
33
73
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Health, Economy, Water Supply, Sanitation, Economic Development, Services, Public Sector, Private Sector, Education, NGO, India, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Tiruppur, Infrastructure Development
People

The real divide in Bastar

The large rally-cum-publicmeeting of adivasi peasants, organised by the Bastar Sambhag Kisan Sangharsh Samiti on 1 June in Jagdalpur, opposing the construction of the Bodh Ghat dam and the privatisation of mines and river water resources was an eye-opener.

Publication Date: 
15/08/2009
Gautam Navlakha, Ashish Gupta
Economic and Political Weekly
44
33
20
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Mining, Dams, Development, Displacement, People, Tribals, Conflicts, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Private Sector, Media, Bastar, Jagdalpur, Naxalites
Health

 Not enough beds

Even in private hospitals; central India is worse off For 829 people in central India, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, there is just one bed in private hospitals. This is the worst hospital bed-to-person ratio in India, revealed a first-time survey of private healthcare facilities in the country. All over India the bed-to-people ratio is 1: 422. Government hospitals

Publication Date: 
14/08/2009
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health, Health Care, Private Sector, India, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh

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