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Rich countries' commitment to development slipping, says new survey While the world's wealthiest nations made lofty promises to better the lives of the world's poorest nations, at the G8 summit in 2005, an analysis of their policies on trade, aid, the environment and immigration by the Center for Global Development shows that they haven't made good on their promises More... Oil or water? Getting our priorities rightWorldwatch's new Vital Signs 2006-2007 seems more concerned with rising oil prices than with depleting water resources More... UN report urges Asian nations to re-focus on agricultureThe UNDP's ‘Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2006: Trade on Human Terms’ is an effort to look at trade in the region from a human development angle. Analysing the position of different countries in the region, with regard to food imports and exports, the report finds that the poorest countries in Asia have become the most dependent on agricultural imports for their basic food supply More... Beyond the caricatureGayatri Reddy's With Respect to Sex speaks of hijras not just as people who sit at one end of the gender and sexuality spectrum, but as Hyderabadis, as sex workers as well as ascetics, as sole breadwinners for their families, and simply, as people More... The new peaceniksThe Human Security Report 2005 suggests that there is a gradual shift away from violence in human relationships and towards dialogue and reconciliation. This shift is reflected in the number of individuals - professionals, musicians, businesspersons - working to build peace and justice More... Why some civilisations survive and others dieIs it ecocide and the depletion of natural resources that is responsible for the collapse of the Mayan and other civilisations? Is it natural disasters, or socio-political cataclysms that are responsible for societal decay? Jared Diamond's new book discusses these issues More... 47% of children in India are underweight: UnicefOver half the world's underweight children live in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, says a new Unicef report on the global progress on children's issues. About 5.6 million children worldwide die every year for lack of adequate nutrients More... Stories from 'Other India'Struggle India Reader questions the goal of ‘development’ in India, since liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation were ‘unleashed’ upon the country in the mid-’80s More... Amartya Sen: A man for many seasonsIs multiculturalism different from pluralism? Can an individual have several different identities at the same time, none of them conflicting? These questions are at the core of Amartya Sen's new book, Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny More... Clear evidence that investment in TB control works: WHO director generalThree of the world's six regions are expected to achieve tuberculosis (TB) control targets set by the World Health Assembly, according to a new report on the global status of the disease published ahead of World TB Day on March 24 More... Malnutrition amongst Maharashtra's tribals: How bad is it?A survey of 22 tribal villages in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district throws up disturbing facts about levels of malnutrition among children. The root of the problem is the absence of sustainable livelihoods More... |
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