Centre For Development Studies

Type: Organization

Name: Centre For Development Studies

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Development links: Population, TB, Samantha Power, poverty and more

For the first time this week, a new weekly post compiling for you the latest aid and development links from around the world. For comments and link suggestions, email sdunstan@lowyinstitute.org.The world's population is projected to reach 9.6 billion ... [Published The Interpreter - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Samantha Power, Freetown (Sierra Leone), white Paper

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Gulf Cooperation Council

Gulf states ‘unable to protect themselves’

New report says this is despite the fact that they are big military spenders Dubai: The per capita military spending of Gulf Cooperation Council states is the highest in the world, exceeding the combined military spending of Israel and the United Kingdom ... [Published Gulf News - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Gulf Cooperation Council, Centre For Development Studies, Military Expenditure, Military/Armed Forces, Security

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

India taps Israeli expertise on water management

Officials are searching for ways to provide cleaner water to their people. Photo: Reuters8 min 10 sec agoTEL AVIV — As Indian municipal officials and water engineers search for ways to provide cleaner water to their nation’s 1.2 billion people, they are ... [Published Today Online - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Israel, India, Water Management

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Remittances to Kerala shoot up

to Kerala have increased significantly in the past few days on the back of the rupee sliding to record lows. With the rupee falling steeply, banks and money exchange houses estimate that money transfer and deposits into Kerala will pick up further in ... [Published Financial Express - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Centre For Development Studies, State Bank of Travancore, Immigration

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

The inevitable food wasteland

The world’s population is increasing and with it grows the pressure on food production. Will there be enough to go around? Jessica Stolzman investigates.Unless the world's food production becomes sustainable, a severe food shortage might occur. Photo: ... [Published Reportage Online - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Food Production, Agriculture, Food Security

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

After Saudi's Nitaqat, Kuwait's turn to crack down on illegal workers

KOCHI: Hundreds of migrant workers have returned to the country in the past few weeks after the Kuwait government launched a major crackdown on unauthorised workers. Kuwait's strict action has also raised fears that the number of workers returning is ... [Published Economic Times - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Workers, Kuwait, Illegal, Centre For Development Studies, Indian Embassy

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Venezuela records 230 cases of influenza AH1N1

The number of cases of influenza AH1N1 hit 230, with 22 deaths due to the disease, said on Thursday the Network of Venezuelan Medical and Scientific Societies, the Centre for Development Studies (Cendes) of the Central University of Venezuela, the National ... [Published El Universal Venezuela - May 30 2013]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Influenza, Venezuela

First reported Mar 28 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 1 reports

Mixed fortunes for the daughters of Travancore

IN THE 1920s Queen Sethu Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore, a kingdom that would later become part of the south Indian state of Kerala, rewarded women who went to university with an invitation to tea at the palace. The royals were matrilineal—the maharajah’s ... [Published Banyan - The Economist - Mar 28 2013]

Entities: India, Thiruvananthapuram, Gang-Rape, Centre For Development Studies

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...swamp, but Dr S Irudaya Rajan, professor, Centre for Development Studies was of the view that such a large-scale return migration will not happen. "They are taking action against those who are staying illegally in their country" , he said

After Saudi's Nitaqat, Kuwait's turn to crack down on illegal workers [Published Economic Times - Jun 02 2013]

"At a time when the country needs to attract inward remittances and investment, any measure which discourages these should not be contemplated" he said in the letter

Put service tax on NRI remittances on hold: Tharoor [Published Topnews.in - Jun 27 2012]

"It is true that Kerala, at times, has been penalised for maintaining a better development. But that is going to be a thing of the past" he said, responding to Isaac's concerns

Land bill may come up in parliament's winter session [Published Topnews.in - Aug 01 2011]

"This survey would assess not only the trends in migration and remittance but also the socio-economic scenario in the state in terms of education, employment, unemployment, health and insurance, household indebtedness, consumption, savings and investment" said Rajan

Sixth Kerala migration survey begins [Published Topnews.in - Nov 30 2010]

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Development links: Population, TB, Samantha Pow... [Published The Interpreter - Jun 19 2013]
Remittances to Kerala: Impact on the Economy [Published Middle East Institute - Jun 17 2013]
Gulf states ‘unable to protect themselves’ [Published Gulf News - Jun 15 2013]
India taps Israeli expertise on water management [Published Today Online - Jun 12 2013]
RBI awards Prof. K N Raj Memorial National Fell... [Published Reserve Bank of India - Jun 12 2013]
Remittances into Kerala increase significantly ... [Published KeralaNext.com - Jun 12 2013]
Remittances to Kerala shoot up [Published Financial Express - Jun 12 2013]
Daily NRI remittances through banks almost double [Published Hindu Business Line - Jun 11 2013]
The inevitable food wasteland [Published Reportage Online - Jun 03 2013]
After Saudi's Nitaqat, Kuwait's turn to crack d... [Published Economic Times - Jun 02 2013]
Venezuela records 230 cases of influenza AH1N1 [Published El Universal Venezuela - May 30 2013]
Dubai Expo 2020 May Create Over 270,000 Jobs [Published Dubai Chronicle - May 24 2013]
Kerala poised to record negative population gro... [Published KeralaNext.com - May 22 2013]
Mixed fortunes for the daughters of Travancore [Published Banyan - The Economist - Mar 28 2013]
Put service tax on NRI remittances on hold: Tha... [Published Topnews.in - Jun 27 2012]
Migration from Kerala growing steadily, shows s... [Published Topnews.in - Jan 13 2012]
Land bill may come up in parliament's winter se... [Published Topnews.in - Aug 01 2011]
Sixth Kerala migration survey begins [Published Topnews.in - Nov 30 2010]