Zimbabwe: ED Opens US$20m Ngundu-Tanganda Highway
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the US$20 million rehabilitated Ngundu-Tanganda highway, in a development expected to spur economic activity. The road, which was badly damaged due to
Infrastructure Development
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Energy infrastructure: affordability enabler or decarbonisation constraint?
The World Energy Council has developed a set of principles for designing an Infrastructure Action Plan to ensure that decommissioning, stranded assets and/or repurposing does not become a barrier to affordable
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Lifelines: the resilient infrastructure opportunity
Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access
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No new taxes: Ahead of polls, Maharashtra budget focuses on farm sector
In a fresh warning that its fiscal outlook is worsening, the state’s Budget for 2019-20 has projected that Maharashtra’s total debt will cross Rs 4.72 lakh crore by March 20, forcing the government to
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Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2018-19
The Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2018-19 has predicted a bleak scenario for the agricultural and industrial sectors, which are the two pillars of the economy, in the state. While the agriculture sector
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Infrastructure development in the Northeast: Hydropower, natural resources, legal and institutional frameworks and compliance
In 2000, the central government declared Northeast India as India‟s hydropower hub. Over 165 large dam projects were proposed to come up in the region. However, nearly two decades on, this proposal to
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Compound costs: how climate change is damaging Australia’s economy
The Climate Council’s report, ‘Compound Costs: How Climate Change is Damaging Australia’s Economy’, finds there are few forces affecting the Australian economy that can match the scale, persistence and
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Kenya eyes 100,000 "social houses" for slum dwellers in four years
Kenya plans to construct 100,000 "social houses" in the next four years as part of plans to eradicate slums in the country, a housing official said on Thursday. Patrick Bucha, housing secretary at the
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding silviculture felling of trees, 03/05/2019
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2019 regarding silviculture felling of trees in the state of Himachal
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Urban transitions alliance roadmaps: sustainability transition pathways from industrial legacy cities
The Urban Transitions Alliance was built on the premise that by connecting industrial legacy cities from the US, Europe and China through their transition stories and visions of sustainable urban development,