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Post-pandemic development priorities: Need for SDG-consistent macroeconomic frameworks
Dec 23, 2020

Post-pandemic development priorities: Need for SDG-consistent macroeconomic frameworks

It is good governance at the implementation level that becomes a pre-condition for achieving the goals through improving public expenditure efficiency

Does the IOR need a cohesive Blue Economy framework?
Dec 23, 2020

Does the IOR need a cohesive Blue Economy framework?

Prioritisation of any one aspect — economic, social or environmental — would chart a lopsided course of development.

Role of infrastructure in promoting SDG 9 in India’s Northeast
Dec 23, 2020

Role of infrastructure in promoting SDG 9 in India’s Northeast

The present institutional linkages are no doubt improving, but these have to be strengthened further to support connectivity projects.

Build forward better through nature in the post-pandemic era
Dec 23, 2020

Build forward better through nature in the post-pandemic era

The challenge is not ‘to build back better’ but ‘to build forward better’ where the nature and climate nexus lies within the development parad

Creating new urban centralities: The way ahead for Mumbai in 2021
Dec 22, 2020

Creating new urban centralities: The way ahead for Mumbai in 2021

Mumbai must spearhead the positioning of India as the third economic superpower, in between the forecasted East/West civilisation confrontation.

Are megacities the best option for the future?
Dec 22, 2020

Are megacities the best option for the future?

While megacities generate mega economy, they hurtle down the hill on almost all benchmarks of livability — a way must reverse this trend.

Can multilateral development banks deliver on promise of US$ 100 billion in climate finance?
Dec 22, 2020

Can multilateral development banks deliver on promise of US$ 100 billion in climate finance?

MDBs can cooperate with regional and local financial entities on developing a climate finance architecture and share with them lessons learnt while un

Creating ‘doughnut’ cities for resilience in 2021
Dec 22, 2020

Creating ‘doughnut’ cities for resilience in 2021

The transition towards circular urban economies in India needs policy frameworks that allow the development of skills and the inclusion of informal wo

#Tracxn ट्रैक्सन अर्थात निवेश और रिकॉर्ड विकास के लिए डेटा स्रोत का मंच
Dec 09, 2020

#Tracxn ट्रैक्सन अर्थात निवेश और रिकॉर्ड विकास के लिए डेटा स्रोत का मंच

उद्यम पूंजीगत निवेश के मामले में भारत, अमेरिका और चीन के म

Industrial corridors, if executed well, can lead to equitable and sustainable economic growth
Dec 03, 2020

Industrial corridors, if executed well, can lead to equitable and sustainable economic growth

Economic decisions and reforms are not a sprint, but a relay race where different types of economic reforms are required at various stages of a nation

Will China create another African debt crisis?
Dec 03, 2020

Will China create another African debt crisis?

After over a decade of unprecedented growth of Chinese finance, Africans are increasingly concerned over rising debt levels.

One District One Product: A potential gamechanger for Northeast economies
Nov 30, 2020

One District One Product: A potential gamechanger for Northeast economies

People in the Northeast have preferred sustainable thinking and planning, and community involvement has been a pre-condition for development-based ini

Destination Manila: New Delhi, Moscow and the BrahMos supersonic missile
Nov 28, 2020

Destination Manila: New Delhi, Moscow and the BrahMos supersonic missile

The sale of the missile will be a major development in the context of an often-tense Southeast Asia with misgivings regarding Beijing’s motives and

Creating 95-centimetre cities for infants, caregivers, toddlers (ICT)
Nov 25, 2020

Creating 95-centimetre cities for infants, caregivers, toddlers (ICT)

Children are not at the centre of city development as policies are planned for adults. It is time we start building a child policy for India.

Building a case for stronger counter-terrorism ties between India and Africa
Nov 17, 2020

Building a case for stronger counter-terrorism ties between India and Africa

Both India and Africa strongly acknowledge that peace and security is intrinsically linked to development, and that terrorism poses the biggest threat

Uable: Creativity-focused skill development in the 6-14 age group for next-gen leadership
Nov 12, 2020

Uable: Creativity-focused skill development in the 6-14 age group for next-gen leadership

An approach to building a child’s creative intelligence and skill development through real life roles, and building a strong sense of self and commu

Building African Capacity: What’s the story beyond the numbers?
Nov 10, 2020

Building African Capacity: What’s the story beyond the numbers?

Despite the importance of capacity building in India’s development cooperation programme with African countries, a comprehensive assessment of India

Tracxn: Data intelligence platform for investments and corporate development
Nov 05, 2020

Tracxn: Data intelligence platform for investments and corporate development

India is ranked third globally in terms of venture capital funding, behind only the US and China. With the total year-on-year funding amount increasin

Simpl: Platform for simplifying payments and credit wallet
Nov 03, 2020

Simpl: Platform for simplifying payments and credit wallet

India is ahead of the entire world when it comes to fintech. This is an unprecedented time, ripe for entrepreneurship.

Master plan for Delhi – 2041: An opportunity for proposing effective solutions
Oct 29, 2020

Master plan for Delhi – 2041: An opportunity for proposing effective solutions

From 2021, Delhi’s new master plan, for guiding future development during 2021-41, will be applicable. The plan is currently under preparation and i

अंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास सहायता प्रणाली पर कोविड19 का असर
Oct 28, 2020

अंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास सहायता प्रणाली पर कोविड19 का असर

अगर पारंपरिक दाता देश ऐतिहासिक रुझान का अनुसरण करते हैं �

Building a new digitalised world through technology centrism
Oct 24, 2020

Building a new digitalised world through technology centrism

When technology becomes important for a country’s development, governments should balance the advance of technology with openness and autonomy.

Maldives: Yameen camp’s efforts to take ‘India Out’ campaign to Parliament fails
Oct 20, 2020

Maldives: Yameen camp’s efforts to take ‘India Out’ campaign to Parliament fails

While there is greater cohesion in the government’s response to India-centric development agreements, it is also seeking to keep the China relations

भारत में आपदा प्रबंधन मॉडल: समुदाय आधारित विकास में ओडिशा की अग्रणी भूमिका
Oct 05, 2020

भारत में आपदा प्रबंधन मॉडल: समुदाय आधारित विकास में ओडिशा की अग्रणी भूमिका

संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने ओडिशा की तैयारी को ‘वैश्विक सफलता की �

Addressing challenges of rainwater harvesting in Delhi
Sep 21, 2020

Addressing challenges of rainwater harvesting in Delhi

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a useful method to address the problem of water shortage. However, the Delhi government is unable to tap its full potent

Mumbai Metro 3 car shed at Aarey colony
Sep 18, 2020

Mumbai Metro 3 car shed at Aarey colony

The Maharashtra government should dispassionately conduct a rigorous cost-benefit analysis before committing to an alternative site for the Metro 3 ca

पोस्ट कोविड दुनिया: टिकाऊ और दीर्घकालिक विकास का ‘ट्रिपल-टी’ फार्मूला
Sep 16, 2020

पोस्ट कोविड दुनिया: टिकाऊ और दीर्घकालिक विकास का ‘ट्रिपल-टी’ फार्मूला

दुनिया के अलग-अलग देश महामारी की विकराल समस्या और विनाशक�

मुंबई: सोशल हाउसिंग में बहुत मददगार हो सकता है धारावी री-डेवलपमेंट प्लान
Sep 15, 2020

मुंबई: सोशल हाउसिंग में बहुत मददगार हो सकता है धारावी री-डेवलपमेंट प्लान

मुंबई के भूगोल की जटिलता के साथ-साथ इसकी बेतहाशा बढ़ती आब�

Demographic planning for cities
Sep 08, 2020

Demographic planning for cities

The megacities of India have multiplied their populations way beyond the projections arrived at by population studies undertaken by demographic expert

Stemming the tide: Towards a concerted South China Sea strategy?
Sep 02, 2020

Stemming the tide: Towards a concerted South China Sea strategy?

A more solid albeit gradual positioning appears to be taking shape, and it would be vital to not only bolster the policy approaches that are crystalli

Elections and civil-military relations in Myanmar
Aug 18, 2020

Elections and civil-military relations in Myanmar

The pragmatic relationship between the civilian government and the Tatmadaw is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.

Why increased activism has not translated into global women’s empowerment
Aug 12, 2020

Why increased activism has not translated into global women’s empowerment

India has hardly ever seen a purely women-driven movement where women have been the pioneers of a development and have stood up for a cause all by the

Article 370: Ushering in the new normal
Aug 10, 2020

Article 370: Ushering in the new normal

Even those who had built their careers around the old institutional framework seems to have adjusted to the ‘new normal’ where the real stakeholde

US-UK actions on China and the skewed ‘special relationship’
Aug 06, 2020

US-UK actions on China and the skewed ‘special relationship’

Although London’s actions on Hong Kong and Huawei suggest a renewed US-UK alignment against China, it also exacerbates Washington’s asymmetric pul

Boosting demand in the Indian economy: Role of formal and inclusive labour markets
Aug 06, 2020

Boosting demand in the Indian economy: Role of formal and inclusive labour markets

Reviving the economy will require addressing the two major challenges — of a rising informal labour force, and slackening demand.

J&K one year later: Not quite a success (Part II)
Aug 06, 2020

J&K one year later: Not quite a success (Part II)

The first part of this article examined the security and political in J&K, one year after August 5th. This, second part, looks the development sce

J&K one year later: Not quite a success (Part I)
Aug 05, 2020

J&K one year later: Not quite a success (Part I)

A two-part review of a year post the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir. The first part looks at the security and politi

India’s continuing role in Nepal’s economic development
Jul 31, 2020

India’s continuing role in Nepal’s economic development

Cooperation on the economic front between India and Nepal can have a healing effect even during occasional ruptures.