Desai Diaries

In November this year, the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Belem, in the Amazonian part of Brazil. The UN Climate Convention is crucial....Read More

Eighty years ago, an international organisation, the United Nations, was set up and its agreed charter defined the legality of relations between States and established diplomatic practices that favoured restraint and mutual respect. This global....Read More

Reviving manufacturing growth: Balancing govt and corporation roles By Nitin Desai Ensuring manufacturing growth consistent with our development aims requires the government becoming less entrepreneurial and the corporations becoming much more entr....Read More

In a few days, the finance minister will present the 2025–26 Budget. Judging by past trends, much of her speech will elaborate on development programmes and schemes to be implemented by other ministries. Last year’s speech had 165 paragra....Read More

Empower our cities As the economy grows, city governance must become a central part of our long-term development strategy Nitin Desai How large is India’s urban population? According to the 13-year-old 2011 Census, the percen....Read More

In every large and diverse country, federalism matters not just for political stability but also for economic development. The decentralisation of authority to provincial and sub-provincial levels for designing development policies and programmes can....Read More