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Governance

Asia Pacific

Prioritize Development Financing Needs Over Political Interests, Says UN ESCAP Survey

Income inequality is also likely to widen in the region, as the value of national minimum wages, adjusted for inflation, has declined in several...

OWSA Contributor - 9 April 2024

Health Policy

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif Renews Pledge to Ensure Health Facilities To All

In order to ensure health for all and as promised to the nation in the PML-N manifesto, the prime minister said their focus would...

OWSA Contributor - 8 April 2024

Agri-technology

India’s Farmers Could Use Better Monsoon Forecasts

While the Indian Meteorological Department has advanced monsoon forecasting systems, researchers from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago found that farmers in southern...

Inter Press Service - 8 April 2024

Finance and Economy

Maldives: Tourism Slowing Down Due to Increased Demand for Guest Houses

The World Bank has released a report stating that the expected productivity growth rate has declined compared to the previous estimation owing to the...

OWSA Contributor - 5 April 2024

Climate change

Health Minister Reviews Preparedness for Management of Heat Related Illnesses

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya emphasised the importance of creating a central database with inputs from states to share field level data on heatwaves, including on...

OWSA Staff - 5 April 2024

Empowerment

The “Gendered constraint” Factors for Women Sarpanchs

In the absence of any prior knowledge, it is obvious they would not be confident to take decisions and therefore, depend on their male...

OWSA Contributor - 5 April 2024

Entrepreneurship

Does Technology Help or Hurt Employment?

Combing through 35,000 job categories in US census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s effects on job loss and creation. Peter Dizikes | MIT...

OWSA Contributor - 4 April 2024

Finance and Economy

Sri Lanka’s Economy Shows Signs of Stabilization; but Poverty to Remain Elevated: World Bank

Poverty rates continued to rise for the fourth year in a row, with an estimated 25.9 per cent of Sri Lankans living below the...

OWSA Contributor - 3 April 2024

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