Many countries face a dead-end in terms of resources, natural or otherwise, due to an unprecedented population growth rate. In recent decades, Pakistan seems to be getting closer to this end. In 1947 when Pakistan was born, its population was recorded at 32 million. Today, 66 years later, the country’s population has risen to approximately [...]
February 26, 2013
Despite a sustained period of high economic growth and significant expenditure on the social sector — nearly 19% of total central government expenditure in 2011-2012 — India today is faced with a multipart development conundrum. Even the most conservative estimates on poverty reveal staggering figures: the Tendulkar Committee, whose report was accepted by the Planning [...]
February 26, 2013
The second Millennium Development Goal (MDG), to achieve universal primary education, has forced countries around the world to the refocus their national education agendas. During the 2010 UN Summit in New York, it was presented that more than 25%, or 18 million, of the estimated 69 million children worldwide not in school are from South [...]
February 26, 2013
For decades now, the proliferation of urban slums across South Asia has inspired dialogue and debate around granting property rights to slum-dwellers. It is a controversial issue. Migrants move to cities like Mumbai, Karachi, Dhaka and Kathmandu seeking better fortunes for themselves and their families, but the price of such a move is to settle [...]
January 21, 2013
On December 16, 2012, India was shaken to its core by the savage abuse and gang rape of 23-year-old physiotherapy student Jyoti Singh Pandey in New Delhi. Nearly two weeks after the violent event, the young woman succumbed to her injuries, and the nation is enraged. How could this happen in the nation’s capital, the [...]
January 21, 2013
In India today, it is a fact that more people have access to a mobile phone than to a proper toilet. There are conflicting statistics as to what the country’s exact mobile penetration is: global technology research firm Gartner notes that mobile penetration in India stands at 51%, while global telecommunications body GSMA notes that [...]
February 26, 2013
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