The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) has its roots in the need to address significant developmental disparities among districts across India.
Other Publications
The challenges facing the developing world got steeper in 2023. About half of International Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries failed to recover to pre-pandemic income levels.
Despite certain changes, German import dependencies on China remained at a similar level overall in 2023 as in the previous year in the overall picture. This means that de-risking on the import side can only be recognised to a limited extent.
China’s merchandise trade surplus has reached an all-time high and is likely to rise further.
It has been a century since the U.S. economy surpassed the combined size of France, Germany, and the UK, largely because America was powered by European immigration and mass production factories.
The first issue of the Development Research News for 2024 centers on strategies for navigating economic challenges.
Britain is approaching the end of the 2019 Parliament. With limited time for large scale reform left, Ministers need to take a different approach to government. They need to legislate intelligently and tactically.
The Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference was a pivotal event for the Bay Area and San Francisco.
The threat of water scarcity is one of the least profiled of geoeconomic tensions in the world and particularly in Asia, where nations are vying for control over a riverine network that feeds a global race for water-dependent technologies. Visual Capitalist takes a deep dive into the quiet contest over Asia’s water.
A possible re-election of Donald Trump as US president in November 2024 could entail a significant upheaval
for the world trading order, if he fulfills his announcements to raise tariffs, mainly in order to reduce the US
trade deficit.