The Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2024 presents the case for investing in a just and sustainable transition (JST) while achieving energy access for all. Using country case studies, macro, sectoral and
Though the prescriptions for improvement of the plight of the developing world are widely known and debated, poverty reduction across the globe remains an elusive goal, lacking in political will.
A number of industrialists from various parts of the country have shown interest in establishing units in Uttaranchal and the Government is preparing an ambitious ' vision plan' to promote industrial
The Union Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, has been able to contain the revenue loss of the expected "rollback" amendments to the Finance Bill 2002 to an estimated Rs 2,857 cores, but the damage to
The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Narain Dutt Tiwari, has taken strong exception to the District Rural Development Organisations(DRDOs) in the state failing to utlise the funds allocated for
The first Human Development Report prepared by the Planning Commission has exploded the myth that income alone determines the quality of life and the level of growth. The conventional indicators like
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) has sanctioned Rs. 53.42 crore to Karnataka under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund-VIII. In a statement on Thursday, the Chief
After a decade of an uneasy relationship with the concept of human development, the Government of India through Planning Commission has prepared the first national human development report. While
While the United Nations Development Project has been publishing annual reports of human development indices for various criteria like adult literacy and child mortality, India's first human
The International Monetary Fund's forecasts of global economic growth, put out twice a year in the World Economic outlook(WEO), have rarely turned out to be very accurate estimates. But the forecasts
Villagers of Malanpur and Ghirongi industrial growth centre in the backward district of Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, were promised jobs and better civic facilities when the state government acquired
