By Kunda Dixit

TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – After a decade of progress, it had seemed that the world was on target to meet many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were set in 2000 to halve extreme poverty and hunger, boost health and literacy in 15 years. Continue Reading

By Kunda Dixit*

TOKYO, Oct 12 – If anyone still needs proof that the epicenter of the world economy has shifted away from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Tokyo this week provided ample evidence. Continue Reading

By Kunda Dixit*

TOKYO, Oct 11 (TerraViva) – The world may be in economic crisis, Asian growth may be stumbling, and Japan may be suffering a slowdown, but you wouldn’t be able to tell in glittering Tokyo this week as it hosts the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. Continue Reading

By Suvendrini Kakuchi

SENDAI, Japan, Oct 10 (TerraViva) – The debris of the devastated Arahama elementary school yielded two enduring lessons for its principal, Takao Kawamura, in the months after the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coastland on Mar. 11, 2011. Continue Reading