-The Hindu Business Line UN study says climate change hits the poor hardest New Delhi: Do women hold the key to dealing with one of the most scorching impacts of climate change — food insecurity. According to a UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs study, titled ‘Climate Change Resilience: An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities’, eliminating gender inequalities could increase agricultural output by as much as 4 per cent, reducing the number of...

-PTI Washington: Automation threatens 69 per cent of the jobs in India, while 77 per cent in China, according to a World Bank research which has said that technology could fundamentally disrupt the pattern of traditional economic path in developing countries. "As we continue to encourage more investment in infrastructure to promote growth, we also have to think about the kinds of infrastructure that countries will need in the economy of the...

-Livemint.com India continues to have high stunting levels, despite impressive growth New Delhi: India has earned a lot of praise from leaders of international economic institutions and forums for being the fastest growing economy in the world in recent years. This might not be the case when world capitalist leaders meet in Davos for the 2017 World Economic Forum in January next year. Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank’s president, has...

-Down to Earth A new report by the World Bank finds that extreme poverty is falling globally A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme poverty continues to fall worldwide despite the lethargic state of the global economy. However, the report warns that given projected growth trends, reducing high inequality may be necessary for reaching the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. In 60 out of the...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Joblessness in India is running at a five-year high of 5% of the 15-plus-years work force. Over a third of working people are employed for less than a year and 68% of households are earning up to only Rs 10,000 per month, according to a new employment-unemployment (EU) survey report conducted by the Labour Bureau. Over 7.8 lakh persons in 1.6 lakh households were surveyed across...