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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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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The test of time: A jail mulaqat with Umar Khalid
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Retiring Calcutta High Court judge credits RSS for shaping personality, says he is ready to go back
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An environmental lawyer studies in this new book how Dalits are excluded from India’s forest laws
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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