Full Coverage: Economy

31.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 31 (OneWorld) - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Congress' plan for continued war funding last Friday -- and with it, an attached proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from its current level of $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in 2009.

30.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (OneWorld) - For the first time in recorded history, the majority of the world's population is living in cities.

29.05.2007 India's 93% workforce comprises the unorganised sector and drives one of the fastest growing economy in the world. A first ever study on the working conditions of this sector reveals 44% of its urban migrant workers are in construction and in desperate need for social security.

21.05.2007 The Indian government now plans to give degraded forest land to industry to ‘farm’ trees for raw material. This proposal follows hectic lobbying by the paper pulp industry and the controversial Special Economic Zone policy pursued so far.

17.05.2007 The Centre for Civil Society is organising a Jeevika South Asia Livelihood Film Festival from 20th July to 23rd July 2007 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. The film festival is open to all film regardless of language but with subtitles in English

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03.05.2007 After the south Indian state of Kerala, it's now the turn of West Bengal in the east. Women from the Municipality of Howrah have proceeded to set up a group, named Prakash (Bengali for Expression) for ICT-based enterprise.

01.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 1 (OneWorld) - Worldwide, more people than ever think that global trade is threatening their jobs and causing damage to the environment, though there is still strong support overall for economic globalization, which many see as benefiting national economies, companies, and consumers.