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A $9 Trillion Question: Did the World Get Muhammad Yunus Wrong?
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
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As Yunus receives the Medal of Freedom and Nobel rumors swirl around Hernando de Soto, it is time to give these two poverty-fighting visionaries another look. Peter Schaefer reports for the Foreign Policy Magazine
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Wish you weren't here: The devastating effects of the new colonialists
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 |
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A new breed of colonialism is rampaging across the world, with rich nations buying up the natural resources of developing countries that can ill afford to sell. Some staggering deals have already been done, says Paul Vallely, but angry locals are now trying to stop the landgrabs |
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Land rights for urban poor in Kolkata before civic polls?
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Friday, July 24, 2009 |
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The West Bengal State government may soon grant settlement rights to the Urban poor in Kolkata over government vested land. This appears to be a bid to please low income electors prior to polls in the State. Swati Sengupta reports in the Times of India. |
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Govt to 'Reserve' Land for Urban Poor
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
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The UPA Government is planning to introduce a legislation by which parts of urban land will be reserved for the poor. This move, which has thus far moved sluggishly with the states, is a bid to ensure shelters for the urban poor. Mahendra Kumar Singh reports in the Economic Times.
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Selja Calls upon People to Work Together to Make Urban India Slum Free
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja talks about the various schemes launched by the UPA government which have various social, economic and ownership implications. Speaking at foundation laying ceremony for construction of Multistoried tenements in Puducherry, the Minister also laid foundation for construction of 1660 houses for Scheduled Caste Community on the occasion. Here are excerpts from her speech. |
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The Tragedy of Land Reform
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Monday, April 14, 2008 |
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With rice prices rising, the issue of land reforms has once again emerged on front pages of newspapers. In the Philippines, every president has used land reforms to buy support from the masses. But has such attempts to redistribute land really helped the farmers? Does land reform effectively meet the demands for social justice and productivity growth? Rather than meddling in agriculture, the government should abolish land reforms, writes Robin Lucas in Minimal Government |
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Janadesh 2007: The Land Question
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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The long march in October of more than 25,000 displaced, landless dalits and tribals from Gwalior to New Delhi to pressurise the central government to form a national land commission and formulate a national land reforms policy was the culmination of many years of struggle, despair and hope of thousands of landless people, writes Sudha Pai in EPW
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