Opinion Pieces

December 11, 2015
Hydropower could help the region balance tackling climate change with enabling economic development.… Read More

December 11, 2015
Data openness—from space images to government budgets—sounds like a defensible cause. In the information age, citizens expect transparency, and degree of openness is an increasingly common benchmarking metric.… Read More

December 10, 2015
In order to study the roles large multinational companies (MNCs) have played in contributing to rural development and poverty alleviation, the Third World Centre for Water Management carried out a detailed case study on this issue. It focused on the Nestlé’s factory in Moga, Punjab, especially in terms of how it has affected the standard of living and quality of life of the population in and around the factory.… Read More

December 1, 2015
How countries navigate this challenge will determine their future – and this won’t be easy.… Read More

November 28, 2015
There is a line beyond which inequality is too high, and India is close to –if not already beyond– that line.… Read More

November 18, 2015
City planning and economic policy is failing to keep up with the rapid urbanisation underway in China and India.… Read More

November 13, 2015
More diversification of certain food types is needed to ensure steadier and more stable supplies for the Republic.… Read More

November 11, 2015
Global food security can be achieved in the coming years with the implementation of proper policies, strong political will, continued advances in science and technology, and good agricultural and food management practices.… Read More

November 2, 2015
This piece takes a detailed look at the costs and opportunities of India’s massive national river-linking program.… Read More

October 27, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been a long time coming, but will it be worth the wait?… Read More