Gender parity in workforce can boost India’s GDP by 27%: IMF chief Christine Lagarde

India’s GDP can expand by a whopping 27 per cent if the number of female workers increases to the same level as that of men, International Monetary Fund’s chief...

Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote Inclusive Economic Growth.

This story first appeared on the blog of Corporate Citizenship, a global business consultancy specializing in sustainability and corporate responsibility. Its series of art...

What Can India Teach Us About Gender Equality?

A central driver of economic growth is the increased role of women. This comes in many forms: increased female labor force participation, reduced discrimination and wage di...

Think The World’s Getting Worse? Think Again, Says Economist

Turn on the news or listen to doom-mongers in politics and the media, and you could be forgiven for thinking the world is a more violent and unequal place than ever, but ac...

Hear The Poor Cry

A Very significant document has come out. It is a letter from Pope Francis addressed to everyone on this planet.

Pope Francis is head of the world’s largest r...

Climate change demands immense changes to the economic system

Mark Lynas says: ?Solving climate change does not mean rolling back capitalism, suspending the free market or stopping economic growth? Save us from the miserabilists in th...

Kerala CM inaugurates Kozhikode Water Supply Scheme

The Water Treatment Plant and associated transmission system built under the Scheme provide for safe and stable piped water to households and institu...