Budget 2022: Why roadmap to address job crisis and poverty are key to revival
The pandemic has forced millions into poverty due to deaths, catastrophic healthcare cost and massive loss of jobs and businesses. This would keep the demand suppressed.
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Family philanthropy funding triples: Report
But a decline in revenue and profitability will impact Indian corporations’ ability to contribute to the social sector through CSR activities.
Covid-19 exposes fissures in global society
As countries continue to battle Covid-19, the World Economic Forum warns that disease, livelihood, inequality, and climate crisis will become more acute in the present decade.
Covid-19 vaccine: The accessibility challenge
While the government rolled out the Covid-19 vaccination programme on January 16, questions of accessibility and affordability remain for sections of the population.
Covid-19: 400 mn workers in India may fall into poverty
Millions of workers are vulnerable to income loss and layoffs, says ILO; the ongoing nationwide lockdown has further pushed workers in the informal sector to the brink.
Climate crisis: Jeffrey Sachs says the rich should do more
They should also be held accountable for their philanthropic promises, says the economist.
India ranks 76th on WEF’s social mobility index
Despite a significant fall in the number of people living in abject poverty, India can improve on providing more equally shared opportunity to its population, says the World Economic Forum.
‘Inequality has grown enormously everywhere’
In a conversation earlier this year, Banerjee spoke to Fortune India about a host of economic issues, including the performance of Modi 1.0.
Create fiscal space for UBI: Abhijit Banerjee
Economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT, and Harvard professor Michael Kremer, have jointly won the Nobel prize for Economics. Here’s an interview with Banerjee on UBI, from last year.
Election results 2019: The age of Bharat
How India’s poorest people, women, and the young created electoral history.
