KOTA KINABALU: Residents of a children’s home have been living off limited food supplies due to the reduced donations amid the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions in Sabah.
India benefitted from globalization: Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
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Last Updated: Apr 11, 2021, 06:38 PM IST
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Speaking virtually at an event organised by Bandhan- Konnagar, a Bengal-based NGO, Banerjee said that risks associated with globalization could be managed if resources came in with globalisation.
Nobel prize winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (AP, file photo)
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Sunday said India had been a beneficiary of globalization but the country needed to develop a mechanism to deal with the associated risks. Speaking virtually at an event organised by Bandhan- Konnagar, a Bengal-based NGO, Banerjee said that risks associated with globalization could be managed if resources came in with globalisation.
Nobel prize winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (AP, file photo)
NEW DELHI: Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Sunday said India had been a beneficiary of globalization but the country needed to develop a mechanism to deal with the associated risks.
Speaking virtually at an event organised by Bandhan- Konnagar, a Bengal-based NGO, Banerjee said that risks associated with globalization could be managed if resources came in with globalisation.
India has been a beneficiary of globalization. Exports have grown faster than most countries from the early 1990s till today , Banerjee said.
The Nobel laureate however added a globalised world means a lot of risks. We can deal with these risks if resources are coming with them, said Banerjee.
KPLB to review construction cost of PPK houses 09 Mar 2021 / 17:27 H. Minister of Rural Development Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad (second right). Bernama
PENDANG: The Ministry of Rural Development (KPLB) will be reviewing the construction cost of houses in District Development Programme (PPK) implemented by the ministry to attract contractors.
Its Minister, Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said presently the cost of constructing houses for the poor and hardcore poor is set at RM48,000 a unit which caused many contractors to turn down the project as it is not profitable.
“Our target is to build 3,000 units of houses a year and we are leaving it to Giat Mara to manage the tender and so on to build a 663 sq ft house at a price of RM48,000 each.