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Accountability in a time of excess
If any lesson is to come out of the current financial crisis, it is that the pipedream of corporate social responsibility needs to be shelved.
Sukumar Muralidharan | Mar 01, 2009
Paradox of the Southasian welfare state
Southasian governments as a whole are already espousing a forward-looking state policy on welfare. The challenge now is to transform policy into action, while addressing the peculiar regional problem of social exclusion.
Gabriele Köhler | Sep 01, 2006
Tax The Land
In the growing urban landscape of Kathmandu Valley, land taxation has been neglected as a tool to achieve the public policy objectives of social justice and equity.
P.B. Chhetri | Jan 01, 1992
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