08 April, 2024Improving healthcare access to address the rise in non-communicable diseases among Indian women
In light of the changing healthcare burden for women, with a rise in mortality due to non-communicable diseases, Bhan and Shukla outline the incidence of diseases in Indian states over the last two de...
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Nandita Bhan Prajakta Pradip Shukla 
22 December, 2023
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Second Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: Inequality, Labour and Social Democracy
The Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2022, in memory of our founding Editor-in-Chief, as an annual lecture on key issues of development. For its second edition, I4I hosted Professor Pra...
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Pranab Bardhan I4I Team
- 20 December, 2023
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The ‘invisible’ disability of mental illness: Barriers to social security access
Sakshi Sharda writes about the how a lack of clarity on the assessment and diagnosis of mental health and poor implementation of social security schemes increases the vulnerability of those livings wi...
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Sakshi Sharda
- 10 October, 2023
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What explains declining calorie consumption in India?
It is puzzling to note that while real household expenditures and incomes in rural India have been on the rise, average calorie intake has declined. Analysing data from the National Sample Survey, th...
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Amit Basole Deepankar Basu
- 16 June, 2014
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Education for all: Fixing classroom processes
While India has achieved near universal enrolment in schools, the quality of education is far from satisfactory. There is an urgent need to change classroom processes to ensure that those who go to s...
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Amarjeet Sinha
- 11 June, 2014
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The nutrition puzzles: Need for more holistic solutions
In this column, the author critiques the approach of only focusing on nutrition and health sector-related solutions for achieving food security. She calls for more holistic approaches that take into a...
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Uma Lele
- 28 April, 2014
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Giving up too early on malnourished children? Catch-up growth and Midday Meals
It is widely believed that malnourishment in the first few years of childhood adversely affects cognition and adult economic outcomes. This column presents new research which shows that full recovery...
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Abhijeet Singh
- 14 April, 2014
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Study of the Regulatory and Operational Structure of the Higher Education Sector in India
Recent research has drawn attention to the massive demand for higher education that will be seen in the next decade in India. This underscores the need for capacity building, the need for private part...
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Parth J. Shah
- 23 February, 2014
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Restoring dignity to the teaching profession in India
It is unfortunate that the teaching profession in India is no longer considered an attractive career option by young, bright people. This article outlines a plan to make teaching a more viable profes...
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Ashish Dhawan
- 07 February, 2014
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Building an inclusive and high-performing school system
Clause 12 of the Right to Education Act aims to reduce social stratification in education by requiring private schools to reserve one-fourth of their seats for economically weaker students, with the ...
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Karthik Muralidharan
- 29 January, 2014
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Sanitation in India: First things first
Recent research points towards the role of poor sanitation in ill health and stunting. This column demonstrates the negative impact of open defecation habits and poor nutritional status on the height...
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Jeffrey Hammer
- 27 January, 2014
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Understanding the relative effectiveness of government and private schools in India
Data suggests a steady increase in the share of students attending private schools in rural India. This column analyses data from the largest and longest evaluation of a school choice programme in In...
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Karthik Muralidharan
- 22 January, 2014
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Searching for the 'silver bullet': What works in improving children's learning outcomes?
Children’s learning outcomes in primary schools in India are far from satisfactory. In this article, Rukmini Banerji explores the various theories of change and associated implementation strategies...
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Rukmini Banerji
- 06 January, 2014
- Notes from the Field
An evidence-based proposal to achieve universal quality primary education in India
It is well established that learning levels in Indian primary schools are unacceptably low. This column proposes a strategy for achieving universal functional literacy and numeracy for all primary sch...
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Karthik Muralidharan
- 25 November, 2013
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How labels influence the decision to buy genetically modified food
A regulation mandating labelling for all packaged products has been in effect in India since the beginning of this year. This column examines the role of information provided by labels in the decision...
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Sangeeta Bansal Sujoy Chakravarty Bharat Ramaswami
- 28 October, 2013
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