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From MDGs to SDGs: Inducting Sustainable Agriculture in the Battle Against Poverty & Hunger
As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approach their expiry date in 2015 and the world prepares for the Post – 2015 scenario by drawing up a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is prudent to reflect on the lessons emerging from the MDG experience. These lessons will prove important …
Means of Implementation: Role of technology, finance, and institutions
Creating a sustainable future for the Nation means that all the spheres of human activity – economic, social, environmental, governance and, above all, value systems – must function together at a whole new level of coherence and synergy. Previous trialogue 2047 discussions have explored the principles of designing a national development strategy …
Envisioning India @100
From MDGs to SDGs – Creating Decent & Green Jobs for Inclusive Growth
Even as India continues to record impressive economic growth, extreme poverty and inequality remain a major challenge that haunts the growth story. As per the National Sample Survey Organisation, average income of the richest is 12 times that of the poorest in the urban areas in 2000, increasing 15 times …
Delivering basic needs goods and services: an opportunity to horse-leap over the development deficit
Can the current deficit in basic needs products and services for the large number of families in rural and urban settlements be seen as an opportunity? Can meeting this gap be done in a manner that provides futuristic solutions for a sustainable tomorrow? Acceptance of this hypothesis would imply that …