The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Productive jobs key to poverty reduction
Enlarging labour market opportunities is the key to reducing poverty and improving the standard of living for a large majority of Asia's workers and their families. This can be best achieved by transitioning out of agriculture into industry and servi ces. Employment levels in these sectors can be raised by policies that promote improvements in productivity and incomes and an enabling environment for private sector initiatives and market forces, says S. Sethuraman. More

EDITORIAL

Welcome write-off
WITH THE IMF and the World Bank deciding to cancel the debt of some of the poorest countries, the stage is now set for actual implementation, and the beneficiary economies to do their bit to improve the living standards of their long suffering ... More

INSIGHT

Cultural geography
INQUISITIVE scholars will find it profitable to embark on a brand new field of investigation into why and how certain cultural traits cling to certain geographically specific areas, defying the impact of forces such as information technology, ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Will carbon credit be the next black bubble?
GLENEAGLES Plan of Action on `Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development' has a section titled `Financing the transition to cleaner energy'. Paragraph 22 (c) in that section speaks of promotion of ... More

FOREX

Where is rupee headed?
ALTHOUGH the Indian rupee has been appreciating steadily since August 2004 against the dollar, the trend is unlikely to continue. Indeed, it has begun to depreciate in the last few days. And considering the strength of ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

SIMPLY

The virtues of having a river
SOME TIME around 8000 B.C. it is said that a small settlement came up in the Jordan river valley over 10 acres — it came to be known as Jericho. Move down history lane another 4,000 years and consider the ... More

POLITICS

Advani exit move — What lies ahead for the BJP?
Mr Advani has bought time till December to ensure that the party's leadership is in capable hands as it gets ready for the forthcoming elections in Bihar. But in the meantime, the machinations have begun among the second-rung leaders with an eye on t he party's top slot. More

INTERVIEW

`Participation of global players to be carried forward' — Mr T. R. Baalu, Shipping Minister
The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr T. R. Baalu, has affirmed India's "intention to carry forward the process" of allowing the participation of "global players" in the country's port-terminal operations. During his ... More

LETTERS

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