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Financial Metrics and Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) Performance: A Cross Border Comparison of China and the UK Construction Industries

2 weeks ago | mdpi.com | Héctor Martín |Héctor de Miguel Martín |Yuheng Zhou |Raghu Raman

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How best to stop sexual violence in India isn’t obvious

Sep 16, 2024 | livemint.com | Raghu Raman

There is anger in the air. A sense of revolution in the streets, with demonstrators demanding change. But all this has been seen before. Countless rapes of women, from toddlers to octogenarians, are a persistent pestilence in our society. When the horror of a particular atrocity or the frequency of it breaches a tolerance limit, outrage erupts.
How best to stop sexual violence in India isn't obvious

Sep 16, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Raghu Raman

Posted On: 2024-09-16 Posted By: Raghu Raman Health & Lifestyle Education Politics Cities MINT New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- There is anger in the air. A sense of revolution in the streets, with demonstrators demanding change. But all this has been seen before. Countless rapes of women, from toddlers to octogenarians, are a persistent pestilence in our society.
Exploring Sustainable Development Goal Research Trajectories in Small Island Developing States

Aug 29, 2024 | mdpi.com | Raghu Raman |Walter Leal Filho |Héctor Martín |Héctor de Miguel Martín |Suparna Ray

1. IntroductionRecent research on small island developing states (SIDSs) has focused on their vulnerabilities, which are attributable to their inherent structural weaknesses and affect their existence and sustainability [,,,].
Fool’s gold: Our Olympics medal haul held up a mirror to the country

Aug 13, 2024 | livemint.com | Raghu Raman

A few grams of gold can elevate or depress a nation’s morale and stature. But first; why should any nation spend money on sports, especially one whose population substantially relies on subsidies? Nations invest in sports for three strategic reasons. The first is global positioning. Sports are surrogates of warfare and derived from combat. Think of shooting, archery, javelin and discus throws, fencing, boxing and of course wrestling.
Self-styled cult leadership: It’s a game of power and pelf too often

Jul 15, 2024 | livemint.com | Raghu Raman

Like several of their ilk, their career paths had unremarkable beginnings before their sudden inexplicable rise to fame and popular reverence. Once there, they accumulated unimaginable wealth, built sprawling institutions and ran personal fiefs within their communes. They have hundreds of thousands of followers, ranging from the poorest right up to senior politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders, police officials and judges. Their rise seemed inversely related to law abidance.
It’s a country’s institutions that determine its success or failure

Jul 1, 2024 | livemint.com | Raghu Raman

They examined countries with similar geographical, cultural and natural resources; for instance, North and South Korea, East and West Germany and several African countries to establish that, all things being equal, it is the nature of their institutions—specifically whether they are inclusive and governed with the national interest in mind or extractive, catering to a minuscule proportion of the rich and powerful—that is the most telling differentiator.
It’s a country’s institutions that determine its success or failure

Jul 1, 2024 | flipboard.com | Raghu Raman

It’s a country’s institutions that determine its success or failureIt is not the geography, culture or natural resources that determine the success of a country. Instead, it is the nature, quality and strength of its …
It's a country's institutions that determine its success or failure

Jul 1, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Raghu Raman

New Delhi, July 1 -- It is not the geography, culture or natural resources that determine the success of a country. Instead, it is the nature, quality and strength of its institutions. This was the proposition made by James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu in their book Why Nations Fail.
Our national principles need the support of prudent narratives

Jun 17, 2024 | livemint.com | Raghu Raman

The second event was yet another terror attack in Kashmir that left dozens killed and injured. Predictably perfunctory chastisement of terror groups and Pakistan followed. Security forces enhanced operations to hunt for the perpetrators, which means locals are subject to more restrictions, roadblocks, cordon-and-search operations and other associated trauma.