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Development sermons
Do political cabals and business cartels explain the woes of Nepali economy?
Sovit Subedi | Feb 22, 2021
IMF, World Bank and COVID-19
How have global financial institutions responded to the economic crisis triggered by the viral outbreak?
The Editors | Apr 30, 2020
Infrastructure redefined
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will aid the global economy.
CP Chandrasekhar | May 18, 2016
In cash or in kind?
A universal Public Distribution System would do better than direct cash transfers in solving India’s food-policy conundrum
Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das | Apr 19, 2013
To live free
A new book exposes the myths behind India's 'growth miracle', and looks for ways out of the ecological and social devastation of the current neoliberal model.
Madhusree Mukerjee | Jan 22, 2013
A profitable education
While India’s new Right to Education Act seeks to bring free and compulsory education for all children, it seems to short-change them through an unrealistic vision of the private sector’s involvement.
Sadhna Saxena | Jun 01, 2010
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