Fighting Poverty
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Cash transfer schemes: Lessons from Canada
Examining the myths that hinder policy solutions proven to work.
Tracy Smith-Carrier, The Conversation
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Jean Dreze: Last-mile hurdles in NREGA payments puncture India’s techno-utopian delusions
‘We are still very far from financial inclusion in the full sense of the term,’ the economist says in the foreward to a new report on delays in NREGA payments.
Jean Drèze
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Can tourism alleviate global poverty? Only if the money goes to the poorer countries
The UN has even declared 2017 the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. But how many tourists head to less developed countries?
Susanne Becken, The Conversation
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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Ambitious tourism plans for Lakshadweep ignore limited availability of freshwater
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Malegaon blast: Army officer Prasad Purohit claims he was tortured by ATS, forced to take blame
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Is it really criminal to steal food when you’re destitute?
In Italy, a homeless man was excused by the supreme court for stealing food. In the UK, people living in poverty are fined for it.
Ruth Patrick, The Conversation
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Women on top: Why this Kerala self-help initiative is so much in demand by political parties
The coming local body elections will see 38,268 women candidates as compared to 37,281 men contesting, over 13,100 of whom belong to a single all-women self-help group called Kudumbashree.
TK Devasia