Concluding article of the series from Urban Poverty Alleviation Initiatives in India : A General Assessment and a Particular Perspective (2002), a publication of the Ramanathan Foundation.
So much in India seems out of control because local governments are not functioning well.
A SYSTEM for citizen involvement needs to be in place, says
Ramesh Ramanathan.
Does the IMF have a role to play in reducing poverty? Or
is it part of the reason why many countries remain poor
in the first place?
A
Bretton Woods Project
report.
The PM urges pragmatism in relations with China, but the
logic of his exertions may be more persuasively applied to
our dealings with Pakistan, says
Firdaus Ahmed.
Textbooks for 800 schools in eight states were revised after a study on the teaching of environmental concepts. A Pune-based institute has recently begun an evaluation of the revisions, reports
Rasika Dhavse.
Servicing the market borrowings of the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd is a deadly game where the social
sector expenditure of the state is held hostage.
Himanshu Upadhyaya
digs deeper.
Sex sells, but prevention of rape does not. Planners who take deterrence seriously could
contribute in creating women-friendly urban environments, says
Pratiksha Baxi.
Following allegations of wide-spread child labour in their
business activities, foreign and Indian agri-business firms
pledge to reform themselves. An update from
The India Committe of the Netherlands.
Simply suspending the human rights of poor women cannot improve a
suddenly over-anxious system.
Abhijit Das
warns against adopting reactionary population policies, and urges
more investment in health instead.
Even as AIDS spreads,
cheaper generic medicines made in India
are unavailable to sufferers within the country, as
the Indian government is slow to tackle the crisis.
Multinationals producing genetically modified foods attempt to
force open Third World markets, even as consumers in the wealthier
countries reject the
risky science behind their products, says
Devinder Sharma.
