While there is a strong feeling around that globalisation is tapering there are also serious concerns about continuing marginalisation of sections of population in India. Millennium Development Goals, Human Rights Advocacy, Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Growth have, therefore, become watch...

Urban poverty is growing in scale and extent, especially at the Peri-urban rim. In the Third World Countries, more than half the poor already live in urban areas. By 2025, two-thirds of the poor in these regions will reside cities or towns. While there has always been an urban bias in economic...