Economy

Developing countries to get bigger share of investments: World Bank

Says China and India will also turn into the world's two biggest investors by 2030

The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial markets, the World Bank predicted in a report on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, China, Global, World Bank, Population, Development, Developing Countries, Economy
Energy

World wind energy report 2012

100 countries worldwide now produce electricity with wind power. So far, it's a boom that has mainly occurred in Asia, North America and Western Europe. Now, Eastern Europe and Latin America are getting involved.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2013
World Wind Energy Association
Tags:
Wind Energy, India, Global, Turbines, Statistics, Energy, Industry, Electricity
Sanitation

2.4bn will lack improved sanitation in 2015: WHO

About one-third of the world’s population — 2.4 billion people — will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015, according to a joint WHO/Unicef report issued on Monday.

The report — Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2013 update, warns that at the current rate of progress, the 2015 millennium development goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by 8 per cent, or half a billion people.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2013
Teena Thacker
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sanitation, WHO, UNICEF, Drinking Water, Population, Global
Health

National forum to press for better TB control

Pune: A national forum on tuberculosis (TB) has been launched to raise awareness on the need for better control of condition.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2013
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Tuberculosis, Global, Diseases, India, Health Effects, WHO, Health
Health

Understanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industries

In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices associated with intensification may contribute to zoonotic disease emergence and spread, for example the sustained use of antibiotics, concentration of animals in confined units, and long distance and frequent movement of livestock.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2013
Marco Liverani, Jeff Waage, Tony Barnett & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-22
Tags:
Livestock, Drugs, Health Effects, Infectious Diseases, Avian Flu, Poultry, Animal Products, Global
Natural Disasters

Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2013

This new UN report explores why increasing disaster risks represent a growing problem for the economic & business community and provides a review of practices that can reduce their risk of disaster loss. It is based on review of disaster losses in 56 countries.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
UNISDR
Tags:
Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Management, Natural Disasters, India, Global, Globalisation, Urbanisation, Agriculture, Food Security, Economic Development
Health

World health statistics 2013

World Health Statistics 2013 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
World Health Organization
Tags:
Health, Statistics, India, Global, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Child Health, Medical Systems
Water Supply

Progress on sanitation and drinking-water: 2013 update.

This is the latest publication by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. The report details global progress towards the MDG target for drinking water and sanitation, and what these trends suggest for the remainder of the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
UNICEF
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Drinking Water, India, Global, Rural Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Water Quality, Health
Climate Change

WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2012

2012 joined the ten previous years as one of the warmest — at ninth place — on record despite the cooling influence of a La Niña episode early in the year acording to this WMO statement on the status of the global climate.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, India, Global, Extreme Weather Events, Atmosphere, Green House Gases, Ozone, Heat Waves
Energy

Now, India takes US to WTO over green energy

US had made similar complaint against India in February

Two months after it was taken to the World Trade Organization by the US government on the renewable energy (RE) sector, the Indian government has done likewise. It has made a complaint to WTO’s dispute settlement body, alleging the US, both at the federal and state levels, is offering subsidy programmes in the sector for local content requirements, making the entry of Indian companies difficult and breaching global trading rules.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2013
Nayanima Basu
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, United States Of America (US), WTO, Renewable Energy, Global, Trade, Power Industry, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Australia, Japan, Energy

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