Author shows the origins of the phrase “dismal science” as it was applied to Economics.

A new model sustainability project has been launched in the desert east of the Dead Sea. It is a close collaboration between both Jewish and Arab communities in an effort to demonstrate cooperative efforts in agricultural and renewable resource management.

Many water delivery systems originate from the nineteenth century, repair and replacement issues are relatively widespread, especially in large urban areas. Herein lies a possible solution. The potential to combine attitude adjustment and ingenuity can derive significant results. For example, If fresh, clean ground water was regarded as precious in this country, then gray water would be the standard source for watering lawns, gardens and flushing toilets.

A potted history of Economics. Sketching the input of great economists from Adam Smith to Marx It is debatable whether economics should actually be defined as being a science. A science like math or physics usually gets its satisfaction from proving something to be irrevocably true. Solve a complex equation and QED that’s the answer, there’s no argument. Economics on the other hand will rarely give us a simple answer. Ask 5 economists a question and you’ll get 6 different answers.

The article intends to describe the vulnerabilities of the South African Research and Innovation base in terms of four domains namely, the level of technological exports, funding for research, capability to transform scientific knowledge into commercial applications and sourcing for competitive technologies.

The IFAD Gender and Water Report gives some startling facts about the difficulties faced by poor women in the developing world…just in their efforts to get water to their families every day.

Byproducts of inflation are debt, wild speculation and increased volatility – booms and busts. Most important from the environmental perspective is that monetary inflation results in persistent generalized increases in consumer prices. This creates a mindset of buy now before prices go up further – exactly what policy makers want. Remember Bush II’s exortation to go out and shop. The buy now mentality also promotes the use of debt to facilitate immediate gratification significantly increasing current consumption, again placing even more strain on the environment.

Human beings are the building blocks of society. The societies agglomerate to make states. And then the nations are formed. The economy of a nation is the indicator of its prosperity.