Seven years after the fall of Taliban Afghanistan has little to show in way of development. Afghanistan remains wholly … for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) has underlined the failure of development assistance in Afghanistan. The US is Afghanistanâ … war on Afghanistan since 2001. …

from 1 January, 2005. WIll this lead increase in resources deveoted to R and D by Indian companies for the development of … new drugs more suited to the needs of India and other developing countries? Can the innovation capabilities be utilized … for developing new drugs for neglected diseases? Can India contribte to lowering the cost of new drug development and make …

This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The … state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack …

This paper examines the effect of U.S. food aid on conflict in recipient countries (these include Asian countries like … Afghanistan, Sri Lanka). To establish a causal relationship, time variation in food aid is exploited which is caused by …

A new survey finds that only 17 drugs are under active development for maternal health indications, which is less than … 3% of the pipeline in cardiovascular health (660 drugs). The international agencies have forgotten pregnant women. Given …

The bulk of the resources must go to the UPA Government’s eight flagship programmes: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid …