Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
Pricing canal water for irrigation to recover the cost of supply as well as promote efficient water use is one of the most neglected but highly debated issues in Pakistan, particularly among the academia,
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has provided technical assistance to support government efforts to scale up rural sanitation since 2007 through Scaling Up Rural Sanitation (TSSM). One of the central
This report describes the 2012 taxes and incentives provided by 23 countries around the world to promote renewable energy from wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydropower. These policies also support
The regulatory intervention by the RBI has not gone beyond providing a basic legal framework for the functioning of MFIs. IN an attempt to control the unethical characteristics of microfinance institutions
GUWAHATI: A crucial meeting between the Assam Government and the Planning Commission to decide on the Annual Plan size for the State for the financial year 2012-13 is slated to take place on June 5. The Assam Government, said sources, will seek an Annual Plan allocation of Rs 14,537.33 crore. Last year, the Planning Commission had fixed Assam’s Annual Plan size at Rs 9,000 crore. In this meeting,
The federal government has pushed legislation through the lower house to set up a $10 billion green investment bank for clean energy projects. After parliamentary debate on Tuesday and Wednesday the
The Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) formulates this policy, namely the Madhya Pradesh (Investment in Power Generation Projects) Policy, 2012 for implementation of thermal power projects in the state
Hopes are fading that climate talks in Qatar late this year will make even modest progress towards getting a new globally binding climate deal signed by 2015, as preliminary negotiations in Germany this
The current drug discovery paradigm in the West is constrained in what it can do, primarily due to the funding model. Here we envisage a hypothetical non-governmental, non-profit organization called the
The US National Institutes of Health should rethink plans to limit a nationwide study of children. It must not miss a rare opportunity to probe the causes of childhood diseases. (Editorial)