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Afghanistan
The UN’s Vital Role in Afghanistan
The UN can help to place Afghanistan on a new development and political path with the backing of major global and regional powers and...
India
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...
Civil society
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...
Bangladesh
For China, charity begins in SouthAsia
China has undertaken more projects in SouthAsian countries than anywhere else in the world. Even India figures prominently in terms of the number of...
Health
Why is the National Health Authority so focused on the for-profit medical sector?
India’s health system needs transformative reforms. An institutional arrangement like the NHA legitimises the role of the “for-profit” private sector in government. Commercial or...
Civil society
“Let us now praise brave women and men”: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
Communication technology connects people, allows sharing ideas and spreading awareness about human rights abuses. However, the web also spreads a virus of lies that...
Civil society
The straw that broke Kazakhstan’s back
The three-day reign of terror in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, is one of the darkest pages in the country’s three decades since independence. Afraid of even...
Civil society
Activism will be key to overcoming the COVID-19 crisis
As the Omicron surge overwhelms the world, it is clear to people everywhere that the actions which leaders so far have taken in response...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
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