Full Coverage: Economy

30.03.2006 Despite being the most populous developing country and in the middle of an enormous urbanization process, China contributed very little to the forum billed as the counterbalance to those of the economic elites.

30.03.2006 The city of Dubai is experienceing one of the largest construction booms in the history of the world--on the backs of migrant laborers who face abusive labor practices and squalid living conditions, according to Human Rights Watch.

29.03.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 28 (OneWorld) - The past three weeks' nationwide protests against proposed immigration reforms considered anti-immigrant mark the rise of a new American civil rights movement, say protest groups.

28.03.2006 TB is killing more adults than any other infectious disease in India, says the Indian health ministry. An adult suffering from TB loses an average of three to four months of working time, affecting 20-30 per cent of the householdÂ’s annual income.

27.03.2006 Sunita Narain from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) wonders whether India should go in for nuclear energy to fuel its economic growth.

24.03.2006 Developing-country negotiators are trying to make sure their people are properly compensated for plants and other natural products taken from their territory by international corporations, but they've largely been stonewalled at a global conference on biodiversity in Brazil this week.

24.03.2006 The use of e-commerce by businesses in developing countries is related to the potential benefits of participating in international value chains, increasing market access and reach, improving internal and market efficiency, and lowering transaction costs.

23.03.2006 Washington, D.C. radio host Kojo Nnamdi recently interviewed CEDPA president Yolonda C. Richardson and Population Action International's Bob Englman. Listen to the discussion to find out how population growth impacts the global environment, economy, and public health.

20.03.2006 The villagers of Maharashtra know the potential for corruption, delay and denial of entitlements in the governmentÂ’s employment guarantee schemes. Nevertheless, in Bhandara district, villagers are eagerly awaiting the Rural Employment Guarantee of 100 days of work. ItÂ’s either that or migration to the city, they say

16.03.2006 The chemicals and fertiliser ministry’s reported move to seek the Prime Minister’s intervention for a hike in fertiliser subsidy outlay for the current fiscal and the next tackles the symptom, not the cause of the disease. Ad hoc management, such as incremental increase in the amount, is obviously no alternative for a bold attempt to address the real issue—growing imbalance between the cost of domestic urea production and imported urea price.

14.03.2006 The Kosova Businesswomen Network organized a three-day conference on the topic of “Support for Balkans’ Businesswomen”, aimed at exchange of experiences and opinions of business women from the Balkans. Women from Kosova, Albania, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in the conference.

10.03.2006 India's National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was established on June 13, 2005 and will continue to work till October 2, 2008 to achieve its objectives. The Commission attempts to establish a "knowledge-based" paradigm of development.

07.03.2006 Ten municipalities in Serbia signed the agreement for participation in the implementation of the first phase of the MEGA programme for Stimulation of Economic Development of Municipalities.

07.03.2006 With proliferation worries growing and preemptive war discredited, there appears a growing chorus calling for sanctions against Iran. Christopher Hayes cuts through the fog of the passions of war to examine the true impacts--both positive and negative--of 13 years of sanctions on Iraq.

07.03.2006 India has increased its annual science and technology budget by 16 per cent to 200 billion rupees (US$4.5 billion), and will upgrade research programmes at three major universities. Sectors set to gain from the increased budget include biotechnology, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical research.

06.03.2006 A divulgação da medíocre evolução do PIB, porém, deve causar novos estragos na imagem do governo e a dar novo fôlego à direita revanchista. Na prática, a economia cresceu menos da metade dos 4,9% de 2004 e ficou bem abaixo das médias estimadas para a América Latina, de 4,3% - superando apenas o Haiti, a Jamaica e a Guiana.

06.03.2006 Talk about remote control from India. In fact, remote infrastructure management services or RIMs is being touted as the next big wave after BPO and KPO.

02.03.2006 FOR an industry that is said to be 5,000 years old, it is in the last few decades that the poultry sector has begun to witness tremendous growth. In fact, very few sectors in the country can rival it in terms of growth.

02.03.2006 Many Indians still live on less than $1 a day and the budget focused on agriculture, healthcare and education for the masses.

02.03.2006 The European Union plans to allocate 500 million euros (600 million dollars) to combat the effects of globalisation. The European Globalisation Fund (EGF) plans to use the money in cases where the dismantling of a major company or industry sector affects at least 1,000 people or one per cent of workers within a certain region.