‘Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty’ by MIT’s Abhijit V Banerjee and Esther Duflo argues that anti-poverty policies are flawed because of lack of understanding of poverty and its reasons and have laid down a fresh approach based on learning from past experiences.
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Gaur Hari and Govind Hari Singhania’s ‘Sir Padampat Singhania: Man of All Seasons’ about their father not only chronicles JK Organisation’s success story, but also talks about his relations with Jawharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who is active on issues like the environment and energy security, shares his vision for a sustainable India, including his mission of Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas or PURA, and dream of bringing smiles to a billion Indians.
IRADe’s Jyoti K Parikh, a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, takes stock of India’s progressing on addressing climate change challenges and explains how corporate India can contribute to the national response.
UNEP’s chief Achim Steiner says that India has been a pioneer in the management of forests, including assessing forest cover and managing forests for non-timber products, and wields a growing influence on environmental issues globally
While corporate India’s performance on sustainability indicators may be debatable, its quantitative reporting is not. Global Reporting Initiative’s chief executive Ernst Ligteringen talks about the relevance of sustainability reporting in the global marketplace.
If wars erupt over water in future as feared, then Israel is arguably going to be the best prepared country in the world with its expertise in water management, safety and security, agricultural usage, and IT and communications.
Sheeraz Haji, CEO of Cleantech Group, gives an insight into the growing cleantech market worldwide and how India can take a leadership position irrespective of carbon markets.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) may be a UK-based non-profit, but it is global in terms of work and influence for maintaining the largest inventory of carbon emissions of businesses. CDP’s CEO Paul Simpson puts in the larger global perspective the growing trend of climate-proofing by companies in India.
While Anna Hazare and his team are co-drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill along with government representatives, more than 1,000 NGOs, have made their recommendations to the Planning Commission to feed into the Approach Paper to the 12th Five Year Plan.