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Indian named in million-dollar UN scam

An Indian government official on deputation to the United Nations has been suspended on charges that he bent rules to help a state-run company get contracts worth million of dollars.Both the......

Who got the benefits of growth?

The debate on the income distributional effects of globalisation rages unabated. A fresh salvo has been fired by the International Labour Organization in a new study: Global Wage Report 2008/09. It......

How successful are anti-poverty schemes

Whether the poor respond to economic incentives is fiercely debated and the battle lines between different groups of economists are sharply drawn. In an important contribution, T Besley and S Coate......

Growth, volatility and euphoria

This year's estimated 9.2 per cent growth is particularly impressive as this is despite agricultural growth decelerating from 6 per cent to 2.7 per cent, and this has been more than made up by......

FDI, not rising salaries, to fuel India retail boo

A recent report by ACNielsen (Shopper Trends, October 19, 2006) paints a rosy picture of an emerging retail boom in India, "with one modern store for every 400,000 population" at present.Among the......

Is equity central to development?

World Development Report 2006 (WDR 2006) makes a persuasive case for equity as the guiding principle of development. Equity denotes equality of opportunities to pursue a life of one's choice and......

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Indian named in million-dollar UN scam

Who got the benefits of growth?

How successful are anti-poverty schemes

Growth, volatility and euphoria

FDI, not rising salaries, to fuel India retail boo

Is equity central to development?

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