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The Kerala government claims to have eradicated extreme poverty, but economists question the validity of this assertion. Did ...
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Measuring poverty in the age of climate change

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) second budget speech, delivered on 8 November 2025, painted a clear picture of ...
The Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar earlier this month marked an important moment for global efforts to ...
For decades, the global economy has promised convergence . The message has been straightforward: open your markets, ...
Xinjiang’s first expressway linked Urumqi to Korla, rail lines stretched toward Kashgar, and irrigation projects converted ...
Very often, governments in the region leap to a solution before accurately defining what problem they are trying to solve.
While the Synod on Synodality has global significance, its impact in Asia is particularly profound due to the region’s unique ...
The Asia-Pacific region has shown that sustainable and inclusive social development is not a distant goal. Rather, it is ...