It’s globalisation without governance that has allowed the world’s elite to park their riches in tax havens as Panama Papers show
Read MoreThe health goal sets nine specific targets which embrace this integrated agenda. This brings a health system approach, without which other health targets will be difficult to achieve
Read MoreThe developed world had earlier committed to provide climate finance - over and above the traditional ODA under the Copenhagen Consensus. But such a commitment appears also to be still unclear
Read MoreWhile India seeks to woo foreign firms to ‘Make in India’, China’s aim is to grab cutting-edge technology to make products for China
Read MoreIndia must remember that the 1997 Asian financial crisis was exacerbated by tight monetary policy, forced on by IMF conditionality
Read MoreDespite the increasing number of women pursuing secondary and post-secondary education, India’s women keep dropping out. Since 2005, more than 25 million Indian women have left the labour force
Read MoreIndia is a large and heterogeneous country and there are considerable variations across States and within them. Such laggard regions pull down all-India trends
Read MoreJaitley’s budget has nine pillars: Agriculture, rural development, health, education and jobs, infrastructure, financial reforms, governance and ease of doing business, prudent fiscal management, and tax-administration reforms.
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