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Case study on successful land acquisitions in Bihar
This project addresses the question of compensation policies for rural communities that lose their traditional lands and livelihoods to make way for business (e.g., industry, commercial agriculture, u...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Sandip Mitra
Dilip Mookherjee
01 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Multinationals and growth in developing countries
Recent work has highlighted the incredible dispersion of productivity in developing countries and how this contributes to their lower aggregate productivity levels.
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Philippe Aghion
John Van Reenen
28 February, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Evaluating the Performance of the Kisan Credit Card Scheme in Bihar
The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme was introduced in India in 1998-99 has since become a flagship programme providing access to short-term credit in the agricultural sector. According to the Governmen...
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Areendam Chanda
01 February, 2012
- IGC Research on India
The Agricultural Productivity Gap in Developing Countries
According to national accounts data for developing countries, value added per worker is on average four times higher in the non-agriculture sector than in agriculture.
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David Lagakos
Michael Waugh
01 January, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Trade and the financial crisis: a focus on developing countries
Motivated by the 2008-2009 financial crisis and the trade collapse, this project analyses the effect of past banking crises (1976-2002) on trade with a focus on African exporters.
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Nicolas Berman
Philippe Martin
Thierry Mayer
Jose de Sousa
01 December, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Agricultural activity is inherently risky, and smoothing consumption across years or seasons is a significant challenge for agrarian households in developing countries.
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Mushfiq Mobarak
Mark Rosenzweig
01 November, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Does Foreign Institutional Investment in India Increase Financial Vulnerability? An Empirical Investigation Using an Event Study Approach
Emerging market policymakers are concerned about the effects of foreign portfolio flows on financial stability. Do tail events in the home country trigger off extreme responses by foreign investors an...
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Ila Patnaik
Jean Paul Rabanal
Ajay Shah
Nirvikar Singh
31 October, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Role of ICT in Improving the Quality of Elementary School Education in Bihar
The objective of this project was to bring out the role of ICT in improving the quality of school education, integrated within pedagogical approaches taking on-board the social constraints of schoolin...
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Chirashree Das Gupta
Haridas KPN
01 August, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Setting Tax Targets: An Experiment for Government of Bihar
The project was conducted on the request of Principal Secretary, Department of Commercial Taxes, Bihar. The main aim of the project was to understand what needs to be done to set district-wise commerc...
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Chirashree Das Gupta
Pronay Sarkar
30 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Improving Urban Air Quality in India: Lessons from the Kolkata Clean Air Regulations of 2009
This paper analyses the change in the economic returns of auto-rickshaw drivers in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), roughly one year after they were required to shift to using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG...
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Parikshit Ghosh
Rohini Somanathan
01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
State Ownership and Systemic Risk: Evidence from the Indian Financial Sector During 2007-09
The study analyses the performance of banks in India during 2007-09 in order to study the impact of ownership structure on bank vulnerability to a crisis.
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Viral Acharya
Nirupama Kulkarni
01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Maternal and Infant Health in India
This project examines the impact of fertiliser agrichemicals in water on infant and child health using data on water quality combined with data on the health outcomes of infants and children from the ...
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Elizabeth Brainerd
Nidhiya Menon
01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India