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    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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    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...
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    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...
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    “Let us now praise brave women and men”: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021

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    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...
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    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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    No infrastructure planning can match civil society led collective action

    Policy makers and planners must acknowledge people's action and take these into account in their planning efforts. People’s action can do wonders. The case...
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    The future of an entire generation hangs in the balance

    COVID-19 has upended our world, threatening our health, destroying economies and livelihoods, and deepening poverty and inequalities. It also created the single largest disruption...
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