Tag: Developing countries

The GDP Paradox~II

Successful development practitioners have always recognized the richness of this local wisdom.

July 21, 2022

The GDP Paradox~I

Since GDP is a gross value, the implications of the negative factors which erode the actual value don’t get netted, and hence there is a distortion.

July 20, 2022

Carbon conundrum

To be clear on the context, signatories to the Paris Agreement of 2015 agreed to limit temperature rises to less than two degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by bringing emissions to net zero in 2050.

October 10, 2021

If China is a developing nation, make US one, too: Donald Trump hits out at Beijing

Alleging that China has taken advantage of the United States for 30 years, he said, China has taken advantage of the US through WTO and using rules that are unfair to the United States.

April 11, 2020

Smoking costs nearly 2% of world’s GDP

Smoking consumes almost six per cent of the world's total spend on healthcare and nearly two per cent of global GDP, a new research has found. In 2012 the total cost amounted to $1,436 billion, with nearly 40 per cent of this sum borne by developing countries. The four BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India...

February 2, 2017