Ganga clean-up a Herculean task
September 11, 2014
Good intentions alone cannot restore the river. Proper analysis and planning are essential.… Read More
September 11, 2014
Good intentions alone cannot restore the river. Proper analysis and planning are essential.… Read More
The global landscape of energy consumption indicates nothing but acceleration in growth. In 2013, energy consumption and production increased for every fuel type except nuclear power. Emerging economies dominated global growth, accounting for 80% of the overall increase in energy consumption.… Read More
September 10, 2014
China’s President Xi Jinping’s proposal of the AIIB has ruffled some feathers, especially in Japan and the US, which are likely to lose some power and influence.… Read More
September 3, 2014
It is still managed as part of a disaster relief process, which is not effective in the long-term.… Read More
September 2, 2014
Emerging economic powers such as China and India have been negotiating for a greater share of voting powers in multilateral development banks including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).… Read More
September 2, 2014
Can business and society work together to foster each other’s prosperity? Those who believe so tend to espouse corporate social responsibility (CSR). … Read More
August 30, 2014
More than two centuries ago, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in his immortal poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”… Read More
August 26, 2014
But Asia can manage calamity better with a new mindset and policy innovation.… Read More
August 18, 2014
Because of droughts, China is facing a conundrum of tradeoffs between policy objectives such as providing people with food grains at affordable prices and food sufficiency.… Read More
August 15, 2014
In South Asia, for example, there is no clean water that can be drunk directly from taps.… Read More