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Gender

How Do We Keep Girls In School?

Following the World Development Report (2012), we discuss policies that can change the price of schooling under three categories: (i) direct costs; (ii) indirect costs; and...

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Environment

Climate Change Consensus Extends Beyond Climate Scientists

A Purdue University-led survey of nearly 700 scientists from nonclimate disciplines shows that more than 90% believe that average global temperatures are higher than pre-18...

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Rajasthan Patrika Launches CSR Initiative ‘Neenv’ To Raise Levels Of Education In Government Schools

Neenv (Shiksha Ka Sawal) is new initiative taken by Rajasthan Patrika. Neenv is basically an action based campaign focused on raising the levels of education and to promote...

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Environment

Volkswagen Just Lost $17 Billion Because It Allegedly Cheated On Emissions Tests

At the center of the scandal is software, installed in upwards of 500,000 diesel vehicles, that was able to detect when the car was undergoing an official emissions test. T...

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Gender

Why Incentive Pay Makes The Gender Gap Worse?

The persistence of a gender gap in wages is shaping the debate over women’s equality in the workplace and underscores the challenge facing policymakers as they consid...

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Environment

If We Burn All The World's Fossil Fuels, We'll Melt Antarctica & Flood The Earth.

"We show in simulations using the Parallel Ice Sheet Model that burning the currently attainable fossil fuel resources is sufficient to eliminate the ice sheet," the author...

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Environment

Historic Floods in Japan Force More Than 100,000 People From Their Homes

The rain came as a result of tropical storm Etau, which battered Japan's main island of Honshu and caused 20 inches of rain in some areas. The rainfall levels were twice Se...

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Thought Factory

SUSTAINABILITY V/S EYEBALLS

It’s incredibly shocking when in the midst of a serious discussion among family and friends about what one can do to make our world a better place to live in for all,...

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Sustainable Development

Making Sustainability Tangible – An Oxymoron or a possibility?

“If tomorrow’s business leaders don’t “get” sustainability, then the chances of a sustainable tomorrow are slim.”
Sust...

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Thought Factory

Making Sustainability Tangible – An Oxymoron or a possibility?

“If tomorrow’s business leaders don’t “get” sustainability, then the chances of a sustainable tomorrow are slim.”
Sustainability, l...

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