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Making sense of the 2024 Economics Nobel
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. In this post, Pulapre Balakrishnan evaluates th...
- Pulapre Balakrishnan
- 06 December, 2024
- Articles
Economics Nobel 2024: Igniting discussion beyond the academy
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. In this post, Patrick Francois contend that the...
- Patrick Francois
- 04 December, 2024
- Perspectives
Female legislators and forest conservation
While women are known to be more concerned about the environment than men, do these preferences translate into action when women hold political power? This article shows that in constituencies reserve...
- Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay Naveen Hari Bipasha Maity Pranabes Probeshika Dutta
- 18 November, 2024
- Articles
How the Bangladesh unrest may impact India’s trade
Bangladesh has been a major export market for India, with India traditionally enjoying a strong trade surplus with its neighbour. In this post, Pandey and Sharma provide an overview of recent trends i...
- Radhika Pandey Rachna Sharma
- 18 September, 2024
- Perspectives
Voluntary mobility to adapt to changing climate: A pathway to achieving SDGs
While the impacts of climate change affect all populations across the world, some are more at risk than others based on their geographical and socioeconomic positioning. Drawing on examples of climate...
- Sampurna Sarkar
- 16 September, 2024
- Perspectives
Expected or unexpected? Strategic communication around audits to maximise deterrence
Even with evidence on how audits can be designed to be more effective in deterring corruption by bureaucrats, in practice, budget constraints restrict governments from being able to conduct audits wit...
- Wendy Wong
- 11 September, 2024
- Articles
Economic development of Punjab: Prospects and policies
While the north Indian state of Punjab topped per-capita income rankings within the country until year 2000, its position fell consistently thereafter. This article discusses the current state of Punj...
- Nirvikar Singh Prakarsh Singh Lakhwinder Singh
- 17 July, 2024
- Perspectives
EU’s ‘Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’: How will it impact trade?
Introduced in 2023 by the European Union, the ‘Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’ will apply a carbon price on emissions embedded in the production of carbon-intensive goods imported to the region. I...
- Anandita Gupta Radhika Pandey Sanhita Sapatnekar
- 01 July, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: India has a new government
In the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, this post presents a curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I content on how coalition governments have histo...
- Nalini Gulati
- 18 June, 2024
- Perspectives
Historical land policies and socioeconomic development: The case of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is characterised by significant intra-state variation in developmental outcomes, with research suggesting that this could be partially attributable to the long-run effects of differences...
- Kartikeya Batra
- 14 June, 2024
- Articles
What will it take for the Indian economy to break out of the lower-middle-income bracket?
In 2007, India moved from the low-income to lower-middle-income category, as per the World Bank’s classification of countries by income. With clear aspirations to graduate into the higher brackets of ...
- Vikas Dimble Nalini Gulati
- 12 June, 2024
- Perspectives
What does Mission Antyodaya data say about rural deprivation?
Public provisioning of basic facilities such as health and education, remains crucial for marginalised populations. In the context of the decentralised structure of governance and fund allocation in I...
- Puja Guha Neeraj Hatekar Amalendu Jyotishi
- 27 May, 2024
- Perspectives