High public debt in India: 9 stylised facts
The Covid-induced surge in public debt in India was unique compared to its own history, but also bigger and driven by different factors relative to the average emerging market economy. In this post, M...
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Prachi Mishra
Nikhil Patel
20 December, 2024
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Uneven resilience: Why some emerging markets better navigate US monetary policy cycles
As the US dollar and monetary policy continue to have a significant impact on global financial dynamics, some emerging markets are observed to be more resilient than others to the policy cycles. Analy...
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Joshua Aizenman
Donghyun Park
Irfan Qureshi
Jamel Saadaoui
Gazi Salah Uddin
30 September, 2024
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Budget 2021-22: A political economy perspective
Examining the 2021-22 Union Budget with a political economy lens, Yamini Aiyar contends that the policy choices reflects Government of India’s propensity to centralise rather than to devolve, and a ...
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Yamini Aiyar
15 February, 2021
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Could emerging economies change the rules of the global labour standards game?
In an increasingly global marketplace, the ramping up of trade has drastically altered the way goods are manufactured and sold. In this article, Kuntala Bandyopadhyay, research associate at ICRIER, d...
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Kuntala Bandyopadhyay
24 August, 2016
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Fast breeder reactors and the slow progress of India's nuclear programme
Breeder reactors have always underpinned the claims of India’s Department of Atomic Energy about generating large quantities of electricity. The first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor was expected to ...
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M.V. Ramana
16 August, 2016
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Is India a tax haven for the rich?
In April, the government released tax data, which provided a break-up of taxes by income categories for the year 2012-13. In this article, Himanshu, Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University...
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Himanshu .
10 August, 2016
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Analysing worker responses to a contract change
Higher-powered incentives are generally believed to increase worker productivity. In the context of an Indian tea plantation, this column examines a contract change wherein baseline wages were increas...
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Rajshri Jayaraman
Debraj Ray
08 August, 2016
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A comparison of automobile industries in India and China
The automobile sector in both India and China developed due to waves of investment in these countries since the late 1980s. This column discusses how India’s automobile sector has grown differently ...
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Smita Miglani
Saon Ray
05 August, 2016
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Inflation targeting: A long way to go
The Finance Bill, 2016, amended the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, to define inflation targeting as the primary objective of the central bank. In this article, Rajeswari Sengupta, Assistant P...
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Rajeswari Sengupta
18 July, 2016
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India's housing situation
The ‘Housing for all’ scheme was launched by the Government of India in June 2015, with the objective of constructing 20 million houses for the urban poor by 2022. In this article, Roshan Kishore...
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Roshan Kishore
11 July, 2016
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Why is labour mobility in India so low?
Rural-to-urban migration is surprisingly low in India, compared with other large developing countries, leaving higher paying job opportunities unexploited. This column shows that well-functioning rura...
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Kaivan Munshi
Mark Rosenzweig
04 July, 2016
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How do rural roads affect development? Evidence from India
Despite broad consensus that high transportation costs are a large barrier to economic development, many of the world’s poor live in rural communities without paved roads, impeding their access to o...
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Paul Novosad
30 June, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Markups and capital misallocation: A trade-off? Evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Capital misallocation in India has continuously increased over the past two decades, despite extensive liberalisation. At the same time, the importance of financial frictions for the Indian economy ha...
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Simon Galle
30 June, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Fixit, not Brexit
In a referendum on 23 June, Britain voted for its exit from the European Union. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics, discusses the causes and likely ...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
24 June, 2016
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What does China’s ‘new normal’ mean for India?
China’s new normal – a growth rate of at least 6.5% - has been set as a target in its 13th Five Year Plan. In this article, Sharmila Kantha, Principal Consultant, Confederation of Indian Industry,...
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Sharmila Kantha
17 June, 2016
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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
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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
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Understanding the dynamics of the rupee-dollar exchange rate
Since 1993, the Indian rupee (INR) has officially been following a market-determined exchange rate – price is determined by demand for and supply of foreign exchange – with intervention by the Res...
Ila Patnaik
Rajeswari Sengupta
11 October, 2021
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