Environment

Nepal - Key environmental issues

Nepal - An overview of key environmental issues.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2012
Tags:
Nepal, Bagmati, River Pollution, Community Forest Management (CFM), South Asia, Renewable Energy, Small Hydro Power, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Biogas, Water Privatisation, Water Management, Public Sector, Private Sector, Urban Water Supply, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Subsidies, Glacial Melt, South Asia
Health

Death by smoke

The AMRI crime is an example of how public safety is being repeatedly compromised. More specifically, it demonstrated the dismal trend of healthcare services being offered by “super specialty care” in public-private partnerships, which has raised the cost of medical treatment to exorbitant levels and deprived the poor of even basic treatment.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2012
Rajashri Dasgupta
Economic and Political Weekly
47
2
32-33
Tags:
Health Care, India, Kolkata, West Bengal, Public Sector, Private Sector, Poverty, Health Policy
Economy

Starting to unravel

Is the Indian model of growth in the age of financial globalisation beginning to weaken? (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
14/01/2012
Economic and Political Weekly
47
2
7-8
Tags:
Globalisation, Economic Development, India, China, Trade, Exports, Private Sector, Finance
Agriculture

Bihar plans to double agri output in 5 yrs

In an ambitious plan aiming at almost doubling Bihar’s agricultural output in five years between 2012 and 2017, the Nitish Kumar-led government has unveiled a roadmap to raise and spend `1,52,511 c

Publication Date: 
05/01/2012
Anand S.T. Das
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Farmers, Irrigation, Private Sector, Fisheries, Energy, Economy, Agriculture
Health

Hospitals ordered to publicise free treatment for the poor

The State Health Department has decided to give wider publicity to the provision of free treatment available for economically weaker section category patients at various private hospitals in the ci

Publication Date: 
02/01/2012
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Care, Poverty, Information, Private Sector, Health
Energy

IRENA handbook on renewable energy nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for policy makers and project developers

This Handbook focuses on the role that Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) can play in promoting Renewable Energy (RE) in developing countries.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
International Renewable Energy Agency
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Peru, Kenya, Grenada, South Africa, Energy Policy, Finance, Climate Mitigation, Developing Countries, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Kyoto Protocol, Public Sector, Private Sector, Climate Change
Energy

PE funding

Private equity (PE) investment in the Indian renewable energy space surged ahead in 2011, with both deal volumes and average deal values increasing manifold over the previous years.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Dolly Khattar
Renewable Watch
2
3
48-49
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Private Sector, India, Wind Energy, Solar Energy
Water Resources

A primer on water law and policy in India

The objective of this primer is to introduce the water law and policy framework in India, including the ongoing water sector/ law reforms, to members of the public, civil society organisations, and government representatives. The primer encapsulates water laws, the current water law reforms; their impacts and issues for further advocacy.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Environmental Law Research Society (ELRS)
Tags:
Water Policy, India, Water Conservation, Water Management, Private Sector, Drinking Water, Water Quality, Sanitation, Irrigation, Groundwater

Global employment trends 2012

The annual Global Employment Trends report offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
International Labour Organization
Tags:
Unemployment, Developing Countries, India, Economy, Poverty, Private Sector, Sustainable Development, Economic Development
Energy

Joint public-private approaches for energy efficiency finance: policies to scale-up private sector investment

This policy pathway presents the critical elements of joint public-private approaches to accelerating and scaling up private investment in energy efficiency. It focuses on the lessons learned from country experiences with three mechanisms – dedicated credit lines, risk guarantees, and energy performance service contracts.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Finance, Private Sector, India, Global, Public Sector, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Renewable Energy

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