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- Mainstreaming climate change in development
- OECD’s Policy Guidance on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation advances the notion of applying a climate lens to ...
- Ecosystem and human well-being
- UNDP-UNEP’s new handbook Mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages into development planning serves as a guide for practitioners engaged in the ...
- 'Training and awareness at work can help combat HIV'
- Sensitising senior management and educating men and women about health and safety is key to preventing the spread of HIV at workplace, says Behrouz ...
- Monitoring food security
- UNESCAP report – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific – examines different kind of challenges to food security of ...
- Fighting HIV at workplace in India
- ILO launched a three-day workshop in the Indian capital earlier this week to share the experiences from its project on tackling HIV/AIDS at workplace. It has ...
- Large number of Indians living in chronic poverty: Report
- According to a government panel set up under the chairmanship of N.C. Saxena, 50% of Indians are living below the poverty line. The committee in its draft ...
- Doctors will get incentives to serve rural India
- After many failed attempts to get skilled medical personnel for insurgency-affected and remote areas, the Indian government has announced plans to give doctors ...
- A gender approach to climate change
- UNDP's new document Gender and Climate Change makes the linkages between gender equality, poverty and climate vulnerability. The manual ...
- Bangladesh reviews UNESCO report on Education for All
- A national session was recently organised in Bangladesh to share UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009 with government agencies, NGOs, and other ...
- Achieving holistic growth in Asia
- Asian Development Outlook 2009 presents a comprehensive analysis of 45 developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. In the context of global ...
- 'Green Tribunal Bill has many flaws'
- India’s National Green Tribunal Bill has evoked much criticism over the issues of accountability, biasness and restricting appeals from rights groups, notes ...
- Achieving sustainable mobility
- Mobility for development, a report from WBCSD examines the state of mobility in fast-growing cities. It argues that with integrated planning and ...
- Understanding women's health
- World Health Organisation’s latest report Women and Health: Today's Evidence Tomorrow's Agenda, reveals that violence and gender inequalities ...
- For a people-centric approach to climate change
- UNFPA’s report The State of World Population 2009 focuses on the disproportionate impact of global warming on women, marginalised poor and the ...
- 'Bangladesh's new education policy must consider 7Cs'
- Bangladesh government is devising a new national education policy that purports to be in sync with the global knowledge architecture. Dr. Syed Saad ...
- 'Proposed food security bill is worse than a hoax'
- Eminent Indian economist Prof Jayati Ghosh says the proposed food security bill is more than a mere hoax; in fact, it would create more food insecurity. ...
- Making health policy gender sensitive in Chile
- Ever since a socialist president, Michelle Bachelet, has assumed power in Chile, she has steadfastly pursued health system reforms in her country. She has ...
- MDG advocacy in elections
- To inspire citizens for realising development goals, UN Millennium Campaign’s toolkit Campaigning for the MDGs: Making Votes and Voices Count in ...
- Indian minister for major shift at climate talks
- India’s environment minister, in a confidential letter to the Prime Minister, has obliquely suggested that the country should trash the Kyoto Protocol, delink ...
- Mapping development across South Asia
- SAARC Development Goals, a report by South Asian Network for Agricultural and Social Development assesses the progress of South Asian countries, ...
- India's new national ID card draws mixed reactions
- The introduction of a new national ID card with biometric details purports to perk up the delivery of social services to the poor. However, some experts fear ...
- Indian leaders stand up and speak out against poverty
- Politicians, policymakers, members of parliament, celebrities and filmmakers in India answer the 'Stand Up' question and offer solutions to end poverty in the ...
- Nepal women battle for a gender-just Constitution
- The drafting of Nepal’s new Constitution marks an important juncture for women’s rights in the country. Despite their resounding victory in the Constituent ...
- Dream to make India hunger free
- The Indian government’s announcement to introduce a Right to Food Act has already generated an intense debate, says social activist Harsh Mander. In a ...
- The price of modern slavery
- Forced labour worldwide amounts to over $20 billion, in terms of lost earnings, says ILO’s new report: The Cost of Coercion. The report presents ...
- Hunger pangs of Pakistan
- Recently several women lost their lives in their attempt to receive food in Pakistan’s port city Karachi. This should be a wakeup call for the political ...
- Obama's health reforms approved
- US President Barack Obama's hopes of achieving landmark US health reforms have received a big boost after approval by the House of Representatives. Hailing it ...
- Varied views on India's climate change policy
- Nongovernmental organisations in India are divided over the issue of negotiations to be made in Copenhagen later this year. The difference in stance is ...
- Securing human rights amidst crisis
- Amnesty International’s report: The State of the World’s Human Rights reveals that global recession is fuelling suppression of human rights. As ...
- MDGs mired in economic crisis
- United Nation’s latest Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 highlights the emerging challenges emanating from the economic crisis that can ...
