World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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Sheela swims to Indonesia
After a smooth delivery, Sheela began her journey from the Little Andaman islands on the rim of the Indian Ocean in January. On Saturday, she was spotted near the Indonesian coast, having clocked more than 2,000km in 145 days.
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Non-health determinants of health and healthcare in Delhi
With only 0.05% of the total area of the country, Delhi is home to 1.34% of India's population. This creates enormous pressure on natural and man-made resources, and generates situations in which non-health
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Global crises, welfare provision and coping strategies of labour in Tiruppur
Even as state governments invest in social welfare measures, they are forced into constant competition with one another to attract private investments, offering a good “investment climate” that includes
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‘New’ lists for ‘old’: (Re-) constructing the poor in the BPL census
This paper aims to understand the implications of implementing the Saxena Committee’s recommendations in respect of identifying the poor in India. Relative to the one currently in use, the application
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Health aspects of the pre-departure phase of migration
<p>The flow of populations within and across international boundaries is an important element in today's globalized world. Recent estimates of migration patterns place the combined numbers of international migrants and internal migrants at nearly a billion people. Although migrant populations are extremely diverse, the processes of migration include certain characteristics shared by all migrants.
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Cut urban poverty: law minister
The government agencies and non-govern-ment organisations need to speed efforts to lift millions of urban people out of poverty, Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said yesterday. The country's fast-expanding major cities are home to 80 lakh urban extreme poor, with Dhaka alone accommodating more than half. Every year, a large number of people migrate to the cities to make a living due in
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Water turns the tide
<p>Down To Earth finds out how once-parched and barren district of Rajasthan, Barmer now sees development all around, thanks to the flood and rains.</p>
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Health, hygiene and appropriate sanitation: experiences and perceptions of the urban poor
“Don’t teach us what is sanitation and hygiene.” This quote from Maqbul, a middle-aged male resident in Modher Bosti, a slum in Dhaka city, summed up the frustration of many people living in urban poverty
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Cities and climate change: Global report on human settlements 2011
<p>This new report reviews linkages between urbanization and climate change. It illustrates the significant contribution of urban areas to climate change & also highlights the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations. Reviews policy responses, practices emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements & constraints.</p>
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Channels of change
<p>Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms.</p>