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India's migrants' remittances

Indians working abroad continue to send more money home than their counterparts from other countries. Read more...
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012

Urban water: a crisis due to mismanagement

There is no valid reason as to why an urban centre cannot have access to safe drinking water 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Why then is this not happening, Peter Brabeck asks Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
Watt is the problem

Watt is the problem

Grid collapse points to enduring neglect of infrastructure in India's power sector, argues Asit K. Biswas, Founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management. Read more...
The arid city

The arid city

Why must households pay first-rate costs for third-grade water delivery, asks Asit K. Biswas, founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management. Read more...
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India's needless hunger

India's national shame is that nearly one in five Indians suffers from chronic hunger, as explained by Asit K. Biswas (Founder, Third World Centre for Water Management) and Rajiv Gupta. Read more...
IWP 2nd Global Water Policy Dialogue, BBC World Debate: Panelist Asit K. Biswas

Yamuna, Ganga clean-up: Fact or Fiction?

Asit K. Biswas, recipient of the Stockholm Water Prize, the "Nobel Prize for Water", has shared with us this fascinating article on water pollution in India. Read more...
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India's squalid slums

As Katherine Boo describes so vividly in "Behind the Beautiful Forevers", life in an urban slum in Mumbai can be full of squalor and deprivations. Read more...
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BRICS, still an acronym, not yet a reality

Emanuele Schibotto provides us with an insightful and critical perspective on the concept of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Read more...
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Amartya Sen on globalization

Amartya Sen's article on "How to judge globalism" is very much worth reading, ten years on. Read more...
Assessing how Indian farmers manage climate and weather risks in India

Living on $2 a day

If you are living on more than $2 a day, you are not living in poverty according to the World Bank. But what is life like for those living just out of poverty? Read more...
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UK to end financial assistance to India

No new British financial aid grants will be made to India -- even though India has the world's highest number of poor people, many of whom suffer from chronic hunger. Does this make sense? Read more...
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An Indo-Pacific Strategy for Australia?

Australia should be developing an "Indo-Pacific Strategy" involving the three giants of the region, China, India and the US, according to Rory Medcalf of the Lowy Institute. Read more...
Indian paradoxes

Indian paradoxes

India is a land of many paradoxes. It is a country of remarkable high technology, world class multinational companies, and a leader in business process offshoring. But it is also ... Read more...
Lifting women out of poverty

Poverty in India

Over the past two decades, India has become one of the stars of the world economy thanks to its rapid growth. Read more...
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