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How the world's poorest remain insulated from their $1.5 trillion annual forest economy

India, May 13 -- It is a trillion-dollar question: Why do the poorest in the world continue to languish in poverty while surrounded by a thriving economy? The forest sector accounts for 1 per cent of ... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "Our old world was a free economy of forests"

India, May 1 -- Murlidhar Devidas Amte, the social activist popularly known as Baba Amte, referred to this central India belt-or, poverty's own republic-as the country's "cummerbund". He described the... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "Deep inside jungles, nobody can find us"

India, May 1 -- In poverty's own republic, its sway no longer shocks. But here, something more insidious seems to be taking shape. As the lives of Sangu, Phanas and Sana suggest, poverty is becoming h... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "100 droughts, 10 famines, 10,000 deaths"

India, May 1 -- "I AM A SUKHBASI" Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput-the poverty triad, also known as KBK-is a geographical marker of destitution. The contiguous eight districts, with over 12,000 villages an... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "With birth, poverty is certain here"

India, May 1 -- Sangu's life traces India's geography of poverty-a stubborn constant in one of the world's fastest growing economies. Dhamtari (once part of Raipur district) has been identified among ... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "Who is poor"

India, May 1 -- Arguably, Gawdekasgaon was a "rich" pocket within these poverty squares. It has now slipped back into poverty-ironically pushed by the railway lines-from which it would not be able to ... Read More


A mass human capital loss

India, April 8 -- Adult height across countries - including India - is not increasing; rather it has remained stagnant or has declined over decades. Should it raise an alarm? Many development experts ... Read More


Break down the gender wall

India, Feb. 18 -- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been heavily invested in the goal to make India a developed economy by 2047. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's develop... Read More