Tag: India
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An Indian Perspective on Business as Mission
Lausanne Global Conversation: An Indian Perspective on Business as Mission by Daniel Devadatta I believe the time has come for more Christians to unashamedly enter the realm of business in India. It is time for the larger Christian community to support, encourage and even challenge Christian business persons in terms of the influence they have…
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Fix aid delivery to India’s poor
Christian Science Monitor: Fix aid delivery to India's poor This article summarizes a new World Bank study highlighting the challenges posed by corrupt officials and middle men in targeting poverty reduction aid to the poor in India. To quote the NY Times, "The World Bank on Wednesday recommended a radical overhaul of India’s social programs.…
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The Haves and the Have-Nots
New York Times Economix: The Haves and the Have-Nots This is a fascinating chart, but it is like one of those pictures with all the dots. You look at it long enough, and a dolphin appears. Across the horizontal axis are ventiles (and no, they aren't related to Gentiles.) Each ventile is 1/20, or 5%,…
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Identifying a billion Indians
Economist: Identifying a billion Indians Reliable identity numbers could create many opportunities for business. IN A small village north-west of Bangalore, peasants queue for identities. Each man fills in a form with his name and rough date of birth, or gets someone who can read to do it for him. He places his fingertips on…
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India’s Smaller Cities Show Off Growing Wealth
New York Times: India’s Smaller Cities Show Off Growing Wealth … Economists and government officials have long acclaimed India’s so-called second-tier cities as new founts of prosperity and incubators of India’s growing middle class. Cities like Pune, a manufacturing and information technology hub a few hours outside of Mumbai, and Ahmadabad, the biggest city in…
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India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates
New York Times: India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates SATARA, India — Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse’s white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two years before getting pregnant, and the government will thank…
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Contest of the Century: China and India
The Economist: Contest of the Century: China and India As China and India rise in tandem, their relationship will shape world politics. Shame they do not get on better. A HUNDRED years ago it was perhaps already possible to discern the rising powers whose interaction and competition would shape the 20th century. The sun that…