The Kyoto Protocol is set to expire in 2012. Key developed countries appear unlikely to sign on to a new serious international agreement to…
In the name of protecting India’s poor, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has caused deep turmoil in microfinance. A new law clearly…
The microfinance sector in India is in deep crisis. Last month the government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) promulgated an ordinance that…
The transformation of the United States' previously poor relationship with New Delhi over the past decades, led by Presidents Clinton and…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
President Obama faces a classic diplomatic challenge in South Asia - how to balance a short-term need for progress in Afghanistan and…
Indians are used to seeing their filmstars sell products on TV but, probably for the first time, one of them is trying to sell informed…
Mr. Obama took a giant step beyond the Bush administration's "Afghanistan policy" when he named the issue "AfPak" -- Afghanistan, Pakistan…
While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain vastly…