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March 14, 2020 | The Times of India
That Sinking Feeling
Rapid development and increasing groundwater extraction are causing parts of Kolkata to subside. Is the delta megacity doing enough to avert a crisis?
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December 26, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: Cash Transfer Does not Discourage Formal Employment Anymore
Bolsa Familia, the Brazilian government's much-admired social welfare program, is constantly being reworked and readjusted to make it more effective. Henrique Luis Paiva explains how they do it.
December 20, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: A Model Response to AIDS
Free treatment for all AIDS patients is said to be impractical in a developing country. It is expensive and difficult--but not impossible as Brazil has proven.
December 03, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: The Rights Scale
Community mapping is helping people in the Amazon assert their rights on the land where they have lived for generations.
December 01, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: The Rio Reality
If India plans to emulate the cash transfer program of Brazil, it needs to remember one thing - the program there is not about reducing subsidies, but increasing the efficiency of aid delivery.
September 25, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: Giving Voice to the Periphery
Enderson Araujo uses new media and technology to fight the one dimensional image of drugs and violence associated with Brazil's favelas.
September 06, 2012 | The Times of India
Brazil: Imagine a World Free of Hunger and Need
Can basic minimum income for all eradicate hunger and need? A Brazilian politician sees it as humanity's great project for the 21st century.
August 10, 2012 | The Times of India, Pulitzer Center
Brazil: What's Right and Wrong with Public Healthcare
The story of Elisangela, a single mother with two chronically ill children, reveals what is right and wrong with Brazil's free public healthcare system.
July 30, 2012 | The Times of India
Free Healthcare: Betting on Brazil
Can healthcare be a fundamental right provided free of cost to all citizens? The developing world looks to the Brazilian model. Can Brazil pull it off?
July 19, 2012 | The Times of India
Public Healthcare: Brazil Blazes a Trail for the US
Brazil leads the way in providing free and accessible health care. An Indian journalist says the U.S. could learn a thing or two.