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ASIA 2020 – Malthusian meltdown? The odds are even

27th Nov 1997, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya Kalbag August 5, 2024 Leave a comment

27 November 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (Reuters) – “May you be the mother of a hundred sons.” That benediction has been called down upon generations of Hindu brides in India, but the country’s junior health minister Renuka Chowdhury has a new mantra: “One is fun.” Some demographers…

Interview: Robert Zagha

16th Sep 2012, Business Today, InterviewBy Chaitanya Kalbag June 25, 2024 Leave a comment

Roberto Zagha has been the World Bank’s Country Director in India since January 2009, when the economy was reeling from the global financial crisis and just before the national elections that brought the UPA back to power. Zagha, a Brazilian national, has been closely involved with India policy at the Bank for 17 years. During…