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Climate justice for persons with disability: Few harmed much, fewer still harmed too muchBuilding on Rawls’ theory of justice and Sen’s theory of capabilities, I present an outline of social justice under climate shocks, illustrating it with the experiences of persons with disability...
Justice Capabilities Climate justiceWorking Paper
The legal basis for affirmative action in IndiaThe affirmative action policy in India came into practice because of the generations of struggle undergone by the untouchable castes and other backward classes, who were historically excluded from education and administration...
Affirmative action Reservation IndiaBlog
COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle: Three guiding principles for a better deal
The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite...
Decent Work Informality Women's workAbout
Presentation - AL9The title of the lecture is ‘The World is not Flat: Inequality and Injustice in our Global Economy’. The reference to ‘flatness’ alludes to the more level playing field due to globalization that has enabled China, India, and...
Inequality Justice GlobalizationLecture
Real business cycle theoryInvited Guest Lecturer, Yongfu Huang, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER on 'Real Business Cycle Theory'. The lecture is on real business cycle model covering the effects of global shocks on economic fluctuations and business cycle in the context...
Project
Building state capability through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)Theme: 2012-13
As a sub-component of the Research and Communication on Foreign Aid (ReCom) programme, the PDIA project feeds into the themes: governance and fragility & social sectors. An integral part of development is the expansion of capability of the state...
Foreign aid Development Social sectorsNews
WIDER Book 'Making Peace Work' Launched in BerlinMaking Peace Work book presentation and seminar. Hosted by DIW Berlin and the United Nations Association of Germany.
Conflict management War JusticeAnnual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 9 - The World is not Flat: Inequality and Injustice in our Global Economy