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Empowering women is good for the economy

Last month, the Gujarat state government in India instituted a two-week celebration on the empowerment of women. The celebration quickly subsided when the police took actio...

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Go low-carbon for the money, says high-profile report

Is it too good to be true? Top economists this week lay out an audacious argument for transforming the world’s economy into a low-carbon one. Even if you forget clima...

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The sanitation challenge

The U.N. set the Millennium Development Goals or the MDG between 2000 and 2015. Goals 4 and 7 was to halve the number of people without access to improved water or sanitati...

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India has potential to become knowledge-based economy, says Asian Development Bank

India has the potential to become a leading knowledge-based economy with its youth population and growing information technology though it should overcome some barriers in ...

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Radio show raises climate change awareness

In less time than it takes to brush your teeth, a new radio series out of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is spreading climate change awareness. The...

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Does India need a bank for women?

India’s government thinks so. Plans for such a bank – the first state-run one of its kind in India – were announced in the annual budget. Finance Minister...

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Clegg: Energy, climate to top Indian agenda

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said energy and climate change would be near the top of his agenda during a three-day visit to India. "There is already $26.5 billi...

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India’s poor may shrink 75% by new World Bank formula

The number of poor people in India, as counted by the world, will soon change dramatically. The World Bank has revised the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) index and the globa...

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Wanted: more international funding to fight climate change

The Economic Survey 2013-14, announced on Wednesday, appears to be setting the tone for India’s climate change negotiations on global fora. It is in line with a state...

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Sustainable Growth Not At Cost Of Poor: Javadekar

As growth and development are the priorities of the Narendra Modi government, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on June 26 said efforts to make the global economy sust...

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