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Global software piracy: Does US Special 301 pressure matter?

Section 301 of the US Trade Act seeks to combat global software piracy, with non-compliance by partner countries potentially leading to trade sanctions. Examining data from 1994-2017 involving 83 coun...

Sunil Kanwar
10 June, 2025

Articles

Productivity & Innovation

Food deprivation: A thali index reveals what poverty estimates do not

Poverty in India is typically estimated based on a poverty line that identifies the purchasing power needed to satisfy the daily calorific intake deemed necessary. In this post, Balakrishnan and Raj m...

Pulapre Balakrishnan Aman Raj
06 June, 2025

Perspectives

Poverty & Inequality

Raising the value of women’s time for a transition to clean fuels

A majority of women in rural India continue to use traditional fuels, adding to the time that they devote to domestic work. In this post, Farzana Afridi discusses findings from a survey in Madhya Prad...

Farzana Afridi
04 June, 2025

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Human Development

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Building State capacity for accelerating development through effective governance

In a new edition of I4I conversations, Maitreesh Ghatak (London School of Economics) is joined by Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego) to discuss his new book, Accelerating India...

Maitreesh Ghatak Karthik Muralidharan
05 May, 2025

Videos

Governance

Tracking learning outcomes: ASER’s work through the pandemic

With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns, schools quickly pivoted to online learning. However, there was limited information about whether children had access to learning m...

Rukmini Banerji Wilima Wadhwa
31 October, 2022

Videos

Human Development

The growing wave of decentralisation: Comparative evidence from developing countries

Over the last few decades, decentralisation has been rapidly spreading in developing countries across the world, with around 35 countries announcing new or deepening decentralisation reforms in recent...

Jean-Paul Faguet Lakshmi Iyer Sarmistha Pal
16 November, 2023

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Governance

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The State within India’s corporate bond market

The value of gross issuances in India’s corporate bond market has grown by 150% over the past decade. In this post, Harsh Vardhan contends that while the market has become bigger, reforms are needed...

Harsh Vardhan
12 June, 2025

Perspectives

Money & Finance

Global software piracy: Does US Special 301 pressure matter?

Sunil Kanwar
10 June, 2025

Articles

Productivity & Innovation

Food deprivation: A thali index reveals what poverty estimates do not

Pulapre Balakrishnan Aman Raj
06 June, 2025

Perspectives

Poverty & Inequality

Raising the value of women’s time for a transition to clean fuels

Farzana Afridi
04 June, 2025

Articles

Human Development

Climate Change: An unfolding public health crisis

Climate change is no longer merely an environmental issue; it is emerging as a profound threat to human health and well-being. In this post, Chandra, Sen Gupta, and Zheng discuss the diverse and compl...

Rakesh Chandra Abhijit Sen Gupta Edith Zheng
02 June, 2025

Articles

Environment

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Unique Health Identification and Aadhaar: A case for mandatory linkage

As part of the Digital India initiative, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) issues a Unique Health Identification (UHID) number to each patient, which documents their entire journey in th...

Mudit Kapoor
23 December, 2016

Perspectives

Governance

Hindu-Muslim fertility differentials in India: An update

Building on past research, Saswata Ghosh and Pallabi Das estimate the state- and district-level fertility differentials between Hindus and Muslims using data from the latest round of the NFHS. They sh...

Pallabi Das Saswata Ghosh
18 April, 2023

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Social Identity

Land in India: Market price vs. fundamental value

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, is focused on protecting the few home buyers who can afford to buy homes but does not address the issue of high land prices, which is a very se...

Gurbachan Singh
29 February, 2016

Articles

Macroeconomics

Hindu-Muslim fertility differentials in India: District-level estimates from Census 2011

The 2011 Indian Census data show a higher growth rate of Muslim population compared to the Hindu population. This article provides an in-depth picture of Hindu-Muslim fertility differentials at the di...

Saswata Ghosh
27 March, 2019

Articles

Human Development

Land records and titles in India

Land ownership is broadly determined by access to a land title, which protects the rights of the title-holder, and impacts livelihoods, and industrial, economic, and social growth. However, land title...

Prachee Mishra Roopal Suhag
20 November, 2017

Perspectives

Macroeconomics

Symposia

International Women’s Day 2025: Towards equality and empowerment

Throughout this week, I4I has been sharing some of the latest evidence and ideas around women’s empowerment to mark International Women’s Day 2025. Discover the five-part series, and more about I4...

I4I Team
08 March, 2025

Social Identity

Introduction to e-Symposium: Tiger conservation in India

Despite a recent upward trend in tiger populations in India, the tiger remains on the endangered species list. Saving the tiger, therefore, is not a fait accompli but a continuous struggle that must b...

Parikshit Ghosh
31 July, 2024

Environment

Ideas@IPF2024 series: Research from NCAER’s India Policy Forum

Every year, National Council of Applied Economic Research hosts the India Policy Forum, a platform where economists and policymakers dissect research ideas for their relevance to public policy. Follo...