Tag:inequality
Finance and Economy
Nepal Staring at Imminent Double-Digit Inflation
Inflation has taken over Nepali life and is hitting a major segment of lower-income families for whom basic necessities are becoming unaffordable. It is...
Finance and Economy
Falling Labour Share Highlights High Income Inequality in India
A large majority of the population suffers from low income, aggregate demand remains depressed, leading to a glut or over-production leading to a decline...
Policy analysis
What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
In countries where deaths outnumber births, the population is increasing very little, if at all. In some cases, it has already started to decline...
Accountability
Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
Human rights
Elder Abuse: Human Rights Have an Expiration Date
The United Nations foresees an increase in elder abuse because of the ageing populations: the global population of people aged 60 years and older...
Child Rights
Reclaiming Our Future
As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...
Human rights
Despite Ideals, Most Americans Don’t Really Like Reducing Inequality, Study Finds
Researchers say that study participants from advantaged groups, across all ideologies, rejected policies to reduce inequality on the false belief that they would end...
Climate change
Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Crises Take Shape
Opening its fifty-fifth session under the theme ‘Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth,’ marks success for a body that...
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Revival of Hope: How a Remote Indian Village Overcame Water Scarcity
By restoring the ponds, the community at Patqapara Village, a small hamlet in India's West Bengal State, was able...
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Odisha’s APC Exemplifies Successful Government-Civil Society Partnerships
Odisha’s APC Project was initiated as a collaborative effort between the state government, non-governmental organizations, and international development agencies...
Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure all accredited hospitals within their jurisdiction conduct thorough inspections, address...
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Revival of Hope: How a Remote Indian Village Overcame Water Scarcity
By restoring the ponds, the community at Patqapara Village,...
Odisha’s APC Exemplifies Successful Government-Civil Society Partnerships
Odisha’s APC Project was initiated as a collaborative effort...