The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
After 20 years If the bombs didn't kill, the land will. Afghanistan's natural resources are all but dead survival is an impossible dream in Afghanistan. Last December, as Afghans looked up to the deceptively beautiful sky for rain, bombs rained from endless streams of b-52 bombers
The documentary on the Onges tribe of the Little Andaman Island had an advantage that the panel discussion lacked. Sonali Dutta, the director, was showing rare footage. The panel discussion for most parts, on the other hand, was leaded with theoretical meanderings along known paths. Sonali's documentary gave the audience …
The assassination of Dutch rightwing populist Pim Fortuyn, and the stunning electoral advances of his French counterpart Jean-Marie Le Pen have brought some lingering trends in European politics to the forefront. Rightwing movements and parties, mostly campaigning on anti-immigration, anti-globalisation and anti-establishment sentiments, have been advancing in quite a number …
The TDP in Andhra Pradesh has committed itself to a four-point programme focussed on modernisation of the agriculture and irrigation sectors, development of backward areas and employment generation.
The Rajasthan Government will spend Rs. 590 crores on implementation of various department schemes in the rural areas this year. While a provision of Rs. 248 crores has been made for the purpose in the State plan, the remainder will be paid by the Centre.
Under the second phase of Pani Roko Abhiyan, efforts are being made to complete small irrigation projects. From time to time the Madhya Pradesh state government had sanctioned works under the relief head and many small irrigation projects have been built, however, full returns of these projects are not available …
Indian and the Untied Nations Development Programme will jointly host a two-day conference on "South-South cooperation and the reconstruction of Afghanistan" from May 23. The delegates will examine the scope of specific development needs in Afghanistan.
Despite the receding water level at Pazhayaseevaram and Vengudi, two wells recently commissioned at Thirumukkoodal, upstream of the Cheyyar river bed, are supporting the Alandur-Pallavaram Combined Water Supply scheme. The level at the wells is over eight metres. the wells provide 20 lakh litres of water a day to the …
The first Human Development Report of India, released recently, brings to light inter-state disparities and variations and the gap in development between urban and rural areas.
The Karnataka State Government will seek about Rs 2,500 crore (500 million US dollars) financial assistance from the World Bank for development programme in the agriculture and education sectors and for poverty alleviation initiatives.
The Karnataka Rural development and Panchayat Raj Department is preparing a concept paper seeking Rs. 2,500 crore assistance from the World Bank for agriculture development, primary and secondary education, and poverty alleviation.
The Chhattisgarh government has asked the district administration to provide all information in an effort to initiate a land revenue and forest survey of the Abhujmad region. This could eventually lead to opening up of this hitherto isolated region to the world.
The Union Minister of State for Finance, Senji Ramachandran, today said the Tamil Nadu government was not properly utilising funds allotted by the Centre under various schemes. A sum of Rs 26.14 crores allotted for schemes in drought-prone areas in 2000-2001 was not spent.
The Economic Survey for 2001-02 has clearly brought out the deleterious effects of the total fiscal deficit of the Union and the State Governments, which is estimated to be about 10 per cent of GDP. Though the gains made during the decade-long reform process are substantial, cumulatively, these issues raise …
Foreign-funded projects have helped in accelerating the pace of development in Himachal Pradesh, particularly in the fields of health, education, forestry and environment. Giving this information, an official spokesperson said that successful implementation of these projects have proved a boon for the State and are instrumental in achieving objectives of …
death is a seasonal visitor to Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh's largest district and wasteland. It comes just before sowing and after the harvest of groundnut, a cash crop that occupies 91 per cent of land in the district. More than 100 groundnut farmers have committed suicide since the last two years …
Rabindra Nath Mishra, an additional block development officer, is a bit worried. He thought calculating Phulbani's poor, as directed by the Supreme Court, would be easy. The expenditure limit of Rs 250 per month (as the decisive line between poverty and prosperity) seemed a ridiculous amount. But when the final …
when Bhuna Bhil of Pathara village in Dungarpur ran away from the communal carnage in Gujarat, he faced a dilemma: what would he do back in his village? It had already exhausted all his sources of livelihood. Known as the 20th century desert, Dungarpur's 68 per cent population has been …
Poverty in Sarguja district has taken epic proportions. Unlike in the Mahabharat, the descendants of Pandavas and Kauravas have come together to fight a common enemy in Sarguja: poverty. And their fight is as heroic as the Mahabharat. Pandos, the local tribals and descendants of the Pandavas, are fighting for …
Irrigation is a luxury that only a few can afford in Mandla, a water-rich district in Madhya Pradesh. The district receives an annual rainfall of 1,300 mm, which can easily sustain three crops a year. But Mandla residents can barely manage one. The district is surrounded by the mighty Narmada …
