This is the first of a two-part series on incorporating disaster risk reduction into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Fisherfolk are one of the most vulnerable groups of people in India. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS
NAGAPATTINAM, India, Aug 31 2014 (IPS) – As the United Nations gears up to launch its newest set of poverty-reduction targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, the words ‘sustainable development’ have been on the lips of policymakers the world over.
In southern India, home to over a million fisherfolk, efforts to strengthen disaster resilience and simultaneously improve livelihoods for impoverishe…
Millions of Indian women struggle to bathe their children and collect water for household chores. Most poor do not get a home supply, increasing their reliance on erratic government-run water tankers. Credit Neeta Lal/IPS
NEW DELHI, May 3 2016 (IPS) – A staggering 330 million Indians, making up a quarter of the country s population (or roughly the entire population of the United States), are currently reeling under the effects of a severe drought, resul…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 8 2024 (IPS) – For some time, most multilateral financial institutions have urged developing countries to borrow commercially, but not from China. Now, borrowers are stuck in debt traps with little prospect of escape.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
More debt, less growth since 2008
The last decade and a half has seen protracted worldwide stagnation, with some economies and people faring much worse than others.
The 2008 global financial crisis and Great Recession have recently been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, US Federal Reserve Bank-led interest rate hikes and escalating geopolitical economic warfare.
Following Reagan-inspired tax …
Credit: Samuel Otieno/UNHCR
IBADAN, NIGERIA, Apr 21 2020 (IPS) – Since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic late last year in Wuhan, China, the global community has witnessed unprecedented to curtail, contain and control the disease. Many have proven to be . But others required critical context consideration.
For instance, the risks threatening the livelihoods of millions of people who are dependent on the informal market for their survival. Another example is the fact that the security measures being imposed are extracting a from ordinary citizens.
The situation is a learning curve for all countries.
The at national level have inc…