Aligning opportunities and interests: The politics of educational reform in...
Manisha Priyam finds that state-level political strategies and the contested interaction of interest groups and institutions are important elements in determining the outcome of educational policy...
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Hemal Shah reports from Delhi on a workshop exploring whether there is an emerging democratic growth model in India, Brazil and South Africa, as an alternative to a Chinese-style growth model. Like...
View ArticleExposing the great ‘poverty reduction’ lie
The UN claims that its Millennium Development Campaign has reduced poverty globally. This assertion is far from true, writes Jason Hickel. The article was first published by Al Jazeera English. The...
View ArticleAligning opportunities and interests: The politics of educational reform in...
Manisha Priyam finds that state-level political strategies and the contested interaction of interest groups and institutions are important elements in determining the outcome of educational policy...
View Article“Developing countries should build capacity to have public debates” –...
Hemal Shah reports from Delhi on a workshop exploring whether there is an emerging democratic growth model in India, Brazil and South Africa, as an alternative to a Chinese-style growth model. Like...
View ArticleExposing the great ‘poverty reduction’ lie
The UN claims that its Millennium Development Campaign has reduced poverty globally. This assertion is far from true, writes Jason Hickel. The article was first published by Al Jazeera English. The...
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On 29 January 2016, Sam Pitroda spoke on global finance at the first LSE India Summit. After the panel he spoke to Mukti Jain Campion about how technology has transformed the way in which we operate,...
View ArticleLooking beyond Maternal Mortality Rates in maternal health interventions:...
Nepal has long been hailed as a global success in reducing maternal mortality, but recent census data suggests there has been less progress than the international development agencies had estimated....
View ArticleAligning opportunities and interests: The politics of educational reform in...
Manisha Priyam finds that state-level political strategies and the contested interaction of interest groups and institutions are important elements in determining the outcome of educational policy...
View Article“Developing countries should build capacity to have public debates” –...
Hemal Shah reports from Delhi on a workshop exploring whether there is an emerging democratic growth model in India, Brazil and South Africa, as an alternative to a Chinese-style growth model. Like...
View ArticleExposing the great ‘poverty reduction’ lie
The UN claims that its Millennium Development Campaign has reduced poverty globally. This assertion is far from true, writes Jason Hickel. The received wisdom comes to us from all directions: Poverty...
View Article“We need a new world economic order. The old systems do not serve the needs...
On 29 January 2016, Sam Pitroda spoke on global finance at the first LSE India Summit. After the panel he spoke to Mukti Jain Campion about how technology has transformed the way in which we operate,...
View ArticleLooking beyond Maternal Mortality Rates in maternal health interventions:...
Nepal has long been hailed as a global success in reducing maternal mortality, but recent census data suggests there has been less progress than the international development agencies had estimated....
View ArticleYoung blood: Pakistan’s bulging youth population needs employment opportunities
In Pakistan, some 15,000 youngsters turn 18 each day and will be eligible to vote in this year’s election. What lies ahead for South Asia’s second youngest country and its booming youth population?...
View ArticleThe Indus Waters Treaty: an exemplar of cooperation
The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 shows how international mediation can be instrumental in reaching an agreement between India and Pakistan. With this in mind, India and Pakistan should use the treaty as...
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