August 4, 2013
Samir Dan August 4, 2013
Categories
Focusing on the pivotal role that safe drinking water and sanitation play in the progress of the people in any location, this article discusses the use of sanitary toilets in the context of the Joint Monitoring Programme Report (2012) for Water Supply and Sanitation
June 3, 2013
K.S. Gopal June 3, 2013
Categories
Underlining the fragile plight and future of the tribal people of the country, the article advises that the tribal community, its welfare and growth be included in the planning and implementation of development activities, schemes and projects
February 7, 2013
Souparno Chatterjee February 7, 2013
Categories
A comparative study between the Brazilian Bolsa Familia experience and the possibilities that the Indian scenario may offer as the direct Cash Transfer scheme embarks in the country
February 2, 2013
Pradyut Bhattacharjee February 2, 2013
Categories
Exploring whether the benefits of the cash transfer scheme reach the real beneficiaries— the poorest of the poor—this article discusses the challenges facing the government’s latest scheme for poverty alleviation
December 10, 2012
Sarada Muraleedharan December 10, 2012
Categories
Kerala’s Kudumbashree network and the rural employment guarantee scheme have converged to provide a unique model of empowerment
December 2, 2012
Prabhu Ghate December 2, 2012
Categories
The author argues for a better quality funding to NGOs which keep in mind the growth and development needs of the NGO, and just concern itself with project implementation. He establishes why its important to support the institutional development costs, that are hidden such as building a condusive culture and climate in the organisation, funding and retaining high quality human resources and setting internal systems for governance and management.
September 8, 2012
C.S. Reddy September 8, 2012
Categories
Exploring the great potential of the SHG federations, to address poverty by serving as a platform for providing financial and livelihood promotion services, this article traces their evolution, significance, limitations and uniqueness—where women are the owners, managers, users and beneficiaries
July 4, 2012
B.C. Barah July 4, 2012
Categories
Ensuring access to quality food by everyone at all times is one of our most challenging tasks, considering that the nation is face-to-face with persistent poverty, hunger and malnutrition and their implications on the nutrition security of the poor
April 10, 2012
Nandini Kottaram April 10, 2012
Categories
Several assumptions about the ‘backwardness’ of rural and tribal communities have to be discarded if engagement with these communities is to be meaningful and one that honours many of their traditions and customs; in the process of development and modernization, no community must lose its richness of culture, lifestyle and values
March 22, 2012
Norman Uphoff March 22, 2012
Categories
Acknowledging that SRI can result in a high payoff for poor and small farmers, that the SRI process of rice production will cost less and that it has many environmental benefits, Norman Uphoff engages in an untiring campaign to promote SRI around the world