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    How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Asia’s indigenous women

    Lockdown measures and restrictive policies in the wake of COVID-19 have led to shrinkage of livelihood options for indigenous women and severely affected household...

    India should spend its way out of post-COVID-19 economic crisis

    In view of the structural break in the global economy as well as the domestic economy, the government’s budget plans should be two-pronged —...

    21 million COVID-19 cases globally reported last week is highest ever

    21 million cases reported from across the world represent the highest number of weekly cases recorded by the World Health Organisation since the beginning...

    Nepal faces trade deficit as COVID-19 rules

    High cost of petroleum imports, lower exports and crashing in-home remittances together with a collapse of the tourism sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

    WHO chief says COVID pandemic disrupted WHO’s five-year work

    The poor progress on the triple billion health targets will weigh heavily as WHO’s current chief readies for a second term. In his opening remarks...

    Budget 2022: Government faces Hamletian dilemma on subsidies

    The government would like to cut subsidies in Budget 2022, but the question is whether it can afford to do it just ahead of...

    How COVID-19 has shattered a family’s dreams

    A Bangladeshi family's dreams of a good future life for their two young children is proving to be elusive as incomes come to a...

    Inequality doesn’t kill. Destitution kills.

    From the perspectives of developmental economics, economic equality is not the greatest of virtues; neither is economic inequality the worst of vices. By Anuj Kumar...

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    Can Money Change the World?

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    China and Sri Lanka Move Closer to Free Trade Agreement Amid Global Trade Uncertainty

    Speaking at a business forum attended by around 100 Chinese companies eager to explore investment and trade opportunities in Sri Lanka, Minister Wang called for accelerating negotiations on the FTA.

    Sri Lanka’s Elephant Corridor Plan ‘Unscientific’

    Nearly 5,000 elephants and 1,600 people have been killed in the last 15 years in clashes between elephants and humans in Sri Lanka, home to one of the largest remaining populations of Asian elephants, according to official figures.

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    Can Money Change the World?

    What prevents even a small fraction of these funds from flowing toward sustainability? This gap represents not only a financial challenge but also an opportunity to rethink how the economic system works and reorient it towards more equitable and resilient growth.

    China and Sri Lanka Move Closer to Free Trade Agreement Amid Global Trade Uncertainty

    Speaking at a business forum attended by around 100 Chinese companies eager to explore investment and trade opportunities in Sri Lanka, Minister Wang called for accelerating negotiations on the FTA.