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- South Asia can generate millions of jobs through agriculture sector: World Bank GroupWith agriculture sector employing around 43 per cent of the South Asian workforce, the region has strong potential to emerge as a global le...11 Jun, 2026, 11.37 AM IST
- Why India should rethink its opposition to WTO plurilateral dealsThe 14th WTO ministerial conference highlighted a divide between multilateralism and plurilateralism. India advocates for multilateralism b...03 Jun, 2026, 01.19 AM IST
- From uncle's loan in 1977 to $36.8 billion today: The story of a quiet African titan reshaping global energy from LagosAliko Dangote is widely regarded as Africa’s richest businessman and one of the most influential industrialists in the world. His journey b...21 May, 2026, 01.24 AM IST
- A founder, a fortune, and Microsoft’s final separation from the Bill Gates empireThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has completed its sale of Microsoft shares. This marks the end of a significant financial tie to ...18 May, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
- Quote of the Day by Melinda French Gates: 'It's the mark of a backward society when...'—Top quotes by the co-founder of the Gates Foundation who's consistently listed among Forbes' 100 most powerful womenQuote of the Day: Melinda French Gates states that societies move backward when men make decisions for women. Her words champion equality a...13 May, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
- Sharpening inequality now firmly embedded in nature of country's economic growth: CongressCiting a World Bank report, Congress alleges that India's economic growth is marked by increasing inequality. Jairam Ramesh highlights the ...27 Apr, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
- India lifted 170 million out of poverty in a decade: World BankA World Bank report reveals India lifted 170 million people out of poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, with extreme poverty declining sign...26 Apr, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
- World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 won't be metThe COVID-19 pandemic marked a historic turning point after decades of poverty reduction, the report said, with 71 million more people livi...05 Oct, 2022, 09.16 PM IST
- Nobel laureate trashes theory of limited government intervention to uplift poorAddressing the 20th foundation day of Bandhan Bank, the non-profit-turned-MFI-turned-small finance bank, on Sunday, Banerjee said there is ...11 Apr, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
- Why the bottom-up approach to eradicating poverty might not workBig picture reforms will eradicate poverty, not small tweaks to programmes that botique RCTs provide.12 Nov, 2019, 11.18 PM IST
- Pace of extreme poverty reduction in S Asia faster than rest of the world: World BankBetween 1990 and 2015, the world experienced a 25-percentage point drop in extreme poverty against a 35 percentage-point drop in South Asia19 Sep, 2018, 08.34 PM IST
- China, India played central role in global poverty reduction: UN reportThe latest estimates show that the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day globally fell from 36 per cent in 1990 to 15 per ce...07 Jul, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
- Aadhaar could help India meet its poverty alleviation target, says World Bank“Identifying and efficiently reaching the poor is a formidable challenge in many countries,” the report noted, while flagging India’s initi...09 Oct, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
- Country's poverty alleviation strategy yielding results: Montek Singh AhluwaliaAhluwalia said there was general agreement among the experts that poverty has come down in the country, though the reduction might not have...17 Oct, 2012, 05.04 AM IST
- India contributes to large drop in global poverty: UN reportIndia has contributed to a large reduction in global poverty, according to the UN annual report on the Millennium Development Goals.08 Jul, 2011, 11.11 AM IST
- World Bank pulls out of Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline projectWorld Bank has withdrawn financing of a Chad-Cameroon pipeline because the Chadian government failed to honor an agreement to use some oil ...10 Sep, 2008, 05.44 AM IST
- "Investment in poverty monitoring is important"Developing a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy will involve more investment by the state Government in poverty monitoring and evalua...26 Jun, 2005, 01.20 PM IST
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