Sources: Guardian.co.uk, independentsciencenews.org Brasilia – March 15, 2013 – It came as a surprise when the normally poverty-stricken region of India was met with world-record rice yields. In fact, the entire north-east Indian state of Bihar is currently experiencing a surge in the production of rice, leading many farmers out of poverty and into food [...]
New IPG-IG Policy Research Brief (PRB) engages in a comparative study to investigate the social side of biofuel policy and production in Brazil, India, and Indonesia Brasília, March 14, 2013 - The discourse surrounding biofuels may paint a picture of an economically viable, environmentally friendly, and socially protective pathway for alternative energy development. In the pursuit [...]
Source: ODI January 17 2013 – Five key emerging market economies, commonly termed the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), have been lauded for their stellar economic growth and resilience through the 2008/09 financial crisis. They are becoming models of development for development practitioners, researchers and other emerging economies. Scratch beneath the surface, however, [...]
By Robert Kennedy Financial investors betting on the price of food are dangerously driving up prices, threatening millions of impoverished people in food-importing countries who will go hungry, critics warn. But the issue of food speculation by banks, hedge and pension funds is a controversial one, and many observers say there is no evidence that [...]
By Michael Kremer, Harvard University Supporters of the anti-globalisation movement argue that globalisation has increased inequality between and within nations and in particular that it has marginalised the poor in developing countries and left behind the poorest countries. Meanwhile, more moderate mainstream politicians argue that the poor must invest in education to take advantage of [...]
By Peter Edward.Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK The first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halve ‘extreme’ poverty by 2015 has been justified as a moral duty. However, this morality is only partial if absolute poverty is defined by the $1-a-day poverty line. We need a morally defensible poverty line. Poverty defined as a lack of [...]
The OECD and The World Bank launched a new book on inclusive growth which discuss several policy challenges facing countries to achieve and sustain inclusive growth. The volume is based on the proceedings of a conference co-organised by the OECD Economics Department and the World Bank on 24-25 March 2011, which brought together academics and [...]
By Thalif Deen – IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 2012 (IPS) – When the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) unveils its annual flagship Human Development Report (HDR) in mid-October, the primary focus will be on a growing new phenomenon on the economic horizon: the rise of the global South and the significant progress in South-South cooperation [...]
By Yilmaz Akyuz IPC GENEVA, Aug 9 2012 (IPS) – Growth in developing economies (DEs) has accelerated significantly in the new millennium. Whereas in the 1980s and 1990s their average growth was barely higher than that of advanced economies (AEs), from the early years of the 2000s until the global crisis, the difference shot up [...]
“The world is in steep crisis. These crises are evidence of systemic government, market and institutional failure” – claims Mariana William in this video produced with footage from the UNRISD Seminar Series event. Is it enough to simply reach into the old toolbox of macroeconomic thinking? As the world faces multiple crises, what alternative solutions [...]
