Reports and Documents

This paper makes the case for converting some of the massive subsidies and significant expenditures on directly targeted poverty reduction programmes into conditional cash transfers. All the five CCTs it proposes would be primarily targeted at the below poverty line population.

A report on the walkability survey undertaken to assess the pedestrian friendliness of the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. The survey was conducted by Parisar on behalf of Clean Air Initiative (CAI) using a toolkit provided by CAI which was adapted from the Global Walkability Index toolkit developed for the World Bank.

This report on the Puducherry Coast represents long-term shoreline change for a period of 38 years from 1972 - 2010. It summarizes historical changes in shoreline, both accretion and erosion, but emphasizes the erosion hazard because of its impacts on natural resources and the economy.

This document in two volumes deals with the Environmental and Social Management Framework of National Ganga River Basin Authority established by the government for comprehensive management of the river.

This is a report prepared by EMBARQ on the walkability survey undertaken to assess the pedestrian friendliness of the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens particularly in megacities of many developed and developing Asian countries. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be seen parallel to urbanization, industrialization and economic development.

This report by the IES presents the findings of a study that explores the likely impacts of the recent proposals in India to build a dam at Pancheshwar in the Himalayas on the river ecosystems and the surrounding areas and people involved.

This document contains the International Consultation and Analysis (ICA) proposal :
1) at the meeting of the