Health and cost-of-living crises have disproportionately affected the poor and women in developing Asian countries, hurting their chances of long-term improvement. Higher inflation coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic pushed nearly 68 million people in Asia into extreme poverty...
Targeting the poor has been a constant challenge for policy makers in India. In the early 70’s the social planners followed the strategy of growth mediated development policies with the assumption of ‘Trickle Down Hypothesis’...
Africa’s raw materials are attracting investors and African states are hoping to capitalize by building roads connecting the continent. But activists warn developments could come at the expense of people and nature. When ecologist Jeff...
Reduction in poverty has been the major goal of developmental planning in India since independence and has been the prime focus of the Indian government through all the five year plans, beginning in 1951. But...
Water, Water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge had foreseen the future long back in the 18th century. About 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, however, only 1...
The World Bank has approved a multi-million-dollar grant for Myanmar to support reform endeavors in the country formally known as Burma. It’s the first financial aid provided to the nation in over two decades. The...