TerraViva-United Nations, Thursday, July 16, 2015: Civil Society Sceptical Over “Action Agenda” to Finance Development

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Civil Society Sceptical
Over “Action Agenda” to Finance Development

Thalif
Deen

Despite high expectations, the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) ended on a predictable note: the united nations proclaimed
it a roaring success while most civil society organisations (CSOs) expressed scepticism over the final outcome. Hours after the conclusion …

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Opinion: What Will It
Take to Bring a Second Green Revolution to India?

Bijay
Singh

Long-term agricultural growth in india is slowing down. The lands that saw remarkable increases in productivity in the 1970s and 80s, thanks to the technology
rolled out as part of the first “Green Revolution”, are not yielding the same results today. india still has the second highest number of …

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New Census Paints Grim
Picture of Inequality in India

Neeta
Lal

Despite being Asia’s third-largest economy, positioning itself as a major geopolitical player under a new nationalist government, India’s first ever Socio
Economic and Caste Census (SECC) paints a grim picture of poverty and deprivation despite billions of dollars being funneled into …

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Sixty-Five More Years
Until Electricity for All in Africa – Report

a
Global Information Network correspondent

Sub-Saharan Africa is still far behind in its ability to generate electricity, hampering growth and frustrating its ambitions to catch up with the rest
of the world. All of sub-Saharan Africa’s power generating capacity is less than South Korea’s, and a quarter of it is unproductive at any given …

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