Urban governance
- Placing Gender Equity in the Family Centre Stage: Use of 'Kala Jatha' Theatre
- J. Deshmukh-Ranadive / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003
- Women's empowerment does not necessarily take place when incomes are generated, when livelihoods are enhanced or when groups are formed. This is because within families and households, hierarchies and...
- Is Microfinance a ?Magic Bullet? for Women's Empowerment: Analysis of Findings from South Asia
- N. Kabeer / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005
- Opinions on the impact of microfinance are divided between those who see it as a ?magic bullet? for women's empowerment and others who are dismissive of its abilities as a cure-all panacea for develop...
- Local and global elites join hands: development and diffusion of Bt cotton technology in Gujarat
- E. Shah (ed) / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005
- While experts and activists question genetically engineered seed technology in the name of farmers’ interests and a greater democratic future, farmers themselves are voting with their feet in it...
- Global poverty, inequality, and aid flows: a rough guide to some simple justice
- S. Subramanian / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- Although aid effectiveness issues tend to top the development agenda these days, analysis of aid flows remain equally important. In this context, a new research article published in the Indi...
- For a revamp of the global financial architecture
- Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- The financial crisis that originated in the United States (US) a year ago has become a global financial crisis unprecedented since the great depression. The credit freeze has severely hit developin...
- Asia and the meltdown of American finance
- R. Murphy / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- The US appears to be heading into a recession that may be as bad as the country has faced since the 1930s, and spells trouble for a region that directly or indirectly relies on the US as the final ...
- A global perspective on poverty in India
- M. Ravallion / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- In spite of recent economic growth, poverty in India remains high. But what has been India’s poverty reduction rate over time? A new article published by the Indian Economic and Political Wee...
- Dynamics of local governance in Karnataka
- K Ananathpur / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
- Informal local governance institutions such as caste panchayats, street panchayats and customary village councils (CVCs) are often neglected in discussions about local government, and are assumed to h...
- India’s foreign exchange reserves: a shield of comfort or an albatross?
- N.K. Chandra / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- Many observers believe that India can rely on its foreign exchange reserves to weather a storm in the international financial markets. This paper, however, contests this view. Due to liberalisation, i...
- Improving land access for India's rural poor
- T Hanstad;T Haque;R Nielsen / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2008
- Since Independence, India’s states have employed several land reform ‘tools,’ including reforming tenancy, imposing land ceilings, distributing government wasteland, and allocating h...
