This small and readable book is a layperson’s introduction to India’s economic catastrophe. Since many people believe in an ongoing economic miracle, such views are often dismissed as doomsday talk. But it is better to be aware of reality than to live in an illusion. The title is apt—Bhaduri offers us an unsettling vision of what awaits us if we continue along the current path. He alerts us to the...
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Lola Nayar Interviews Kanayo Nwanze
The President of International Fund for Agricultural Development stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Just days before the UN climate change summit at Copenhagen, Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Nwanze was...
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It has been a bumpy ride, with developed countries failing to make definite commitments and India hinting at a shift of stance. THE last leg of the climate change talks held in Barcelona, Spain, on November 2-6 in the run-up to the all-important 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December did not result in any dramatic development...
More »India Could be a New Pole of Global Growth by Robert B Zoellick
Change is the great constant of the world economy. India was still a colony when the allied powers shaped the international architecture at the end of World War Two. Today, India is a rising economic power that is contributing to world growth in new and powerful ways. Economic reforms in India and China, and the export-driven growth strategies of East Asia all contributed in the last 20 years to a world...
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400 की तादाद में मुख्य वैज्ञानिक अध्ययनों पर आधारित यूएन की हालिया पर्यावरण रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि जलवायु परिवर्तन का खतरा पहले के अनुमानों से कहीं अधिक है।यूएनईपी क्लाइमेट चेंज साईंस कंपेडियम 2009 की रिपोर्ट में चेतावनी दी गई है कि समुद्र तल साल 2100 तक 2 मीटर ऊँचा उठ सकता है।(देखें संबंधित रिपोर्ट की नीचे दी गई लिंक)। रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि ग्लेशियर, हिमाच्छादन और ध्रवीय प्रदेशों का नाश अनुमान से...
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