22 January, 2020Whither female disadvantage? An analysis of private school enrolment in India
Given the poor condition of government schools and the perceived efficiency of private schools, Indian parents are increasingly choosing to send their children to private schools. This column examines...
Pushkar Maitra Sarmistha Pal Anurag Sharma 
07 October, 2016
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Usharmukti project: A confluence of institutions for rejuvenating rivers
Usharmukti, a project of the Government of West Bengal, is being carried out in collaboration with civil society organisations in the western part of the state, to carry out watershed activities under...
- Ashwini Kulkarni
- 20 January, 2020
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Death penalty for gender-based violence: A band-aid solution for a broken system
In 2018, Government of India amended the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Indian Penal Code to provide for death penalty for rape of children under 12 years of ...
- Shreeradha Mishra
- 17 January, 2020
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Emerging challenges: Economic and social
To mark the second anniversary of I4I in July 2014, we invited two eminent scholars – Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) and Mukul Kesavan (Jamia Milia) to discuss the emerging economic and social challenges in...
- Abhijit Banerjee Mukul Kesavan Ashok Kotwal
- 06 June, 2014
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Financing development in India
I4I recently organised a panel discussion on ‘Financing Development in India’ with Prachi Mishra (Goldman Sachs), Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg), and Ananth Narayan (SPJIMR). The discussion was modera...
- Ashok Kotwal Prachi Mishra Andy Mukherjee Ananth Narayan Pronab Sen Minouche Shafik
- 03 October, 2019
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Leading economic institutes join hands to bridge research-policy gap
The International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics and Tata Centre for Development at the University of Chicago collaborate to better communicate evidence-based research for informed de...
- I4I Team
- 19 July, 2019
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Is adaptation to climate damages a blessing or curse for developing nations?
Pathways reflecting current climate action commitments by different nations mean a global warming level much higher than the level at which the world will be faced with manageable climate damages. Fur...
- Ingmar Schumacher
- 22 January, 2020
- Perspectives
Usharmukti project: A confluence of institutions for rejuvenating rivers
Usharmukti, a project of the Government of West Bengal, is being carried out in collaboration with civil society organisations in the western part of the state, to carry out watershed activities under...
- Ashwini Kulkarni
- 20 January, 2020
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Death penalty for gender-based violence: A band-aid solution for a broken system
In 2018, Government of India amended the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Indian Penal Code to provide for death penalty for rape of children under 12 years of ...
- Shreeradha Mishra
- 17 January, 2020
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What can Question Hour tell us about representation in the Indian Parliament?
Is a numeric representation of Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) from particular sociological backgrounds important to achieve a substantive representation of their group interests? This article answ...
- Saloni Bhogale
- 13 January, 2020
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What is happening to rural welfare, poverty, and inequality in India?
An analysis of the draft National Statistical Office report that the Government has decided not to put out shows a deterioration in 2017-18 in consumption and poverty levels in rural India. The reason...
- S. Subramanian
- 10 January, 2020
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Evidence, policy, and politics
Commenting on the concept of evidence-based policy, Jean Drèze argues that the relation between evidence and policy needs further thought. Based on his involvement with social policy in India, he bel...
- Jean Drèze
- 03 August, 2018
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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...
- Abhijeet Singh
- 14 April, 2014
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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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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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Financial inclusion in India: Progress and prospects
Financial inclusion is globally considered as a critical indicator of development and well-being of society. In this post, Srinivasa Rao traces the financial inclusion journey in India so far, and dis...
- K. Srinivasa Rao
- 11 July, 2018
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Explainers
The impact of robotisation on the world economy: A forward-looking review
Robots have long existed in human imagination and only recently in the real world. The baggage of past imagination often intrudes into our understanding of how real robots will affect our economic liv...
- Mousumi Das Siddhartha Mitra
- 25 July, 2018
Explainer: India’s payments banks
In August 2015, the RBI issued in-principle licences to 11 entities to establish payments banks in India – a unique format of banking which has not been used anywhere else in the world. Fully based ...
- Rahul Choudhury
- 30 May, 2018
Explainer: Conceptual foundations of cryptocurrencies
In recent times, cryptocurrencies have become a subject of intense deliberations among policymakers, market participants, investors, and other stakeholders. Whether cryptocurrencies will revolutionis...
- Radhika Pandey Bhavyaa Sharma
- 21 March, 2018
Symposium
Introduction to e-Symposium: The idea of a universal basic income in the Indian context
A major announcement in the Congress manifesto, in the ongoing parliamentary election, is the minimum income guarantee proposal – Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY). In this symposium, Bharat Ramaswami (Asho...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 01 May, 2019
Introduction to e-Symposium: Firms and labour productivity
Eighty per cent of India’s labour force works ‘informally’. Providing employment with decent wages and benefits to this segment requires structural transformation of the economy to more high-pr...
- Farzana Afridi
- 12 March, 2018
Introduction to e-Symposium: Women and work in India
Female labour force participation in India has been low and stagnant over the past few decades. I4I Editor Farzana Afridi is hosting an e-symposium to examine research that explores the reasons for t...
- Farzana Afridi
- 03 March, 2017
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Agriculture Show this topicHide this topic
India's farm crisis: Decades old and with deep roots
In this Perspectives piece, Prof. Himanshu argues that the crisis in Indian agriculture today is not a new one; it goes back many years. Therefore, the problems of farmers cannot be addressed by the b...
- Himanshu .
- 12 April, 2019
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IGC Panel Discussion: Financing growth and diversification of Bihar’s agriculture
- Avinash Kishore Mekhala Krishnamurthy Anjan Mukherji Bharat Ramaswami Pronab Sen
- 05 April, 2019
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When technology disrupts politics: Lessons from India’s green revolution
- Aditya Dasgupta
- 14 January, 2019
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Groundwater depletion in India: Social losses from costly well deepening
- Susan Stratton Sayre Vis Taraz
- 12 December, 2018
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Taxation and supplier networks: Evidence from India
Do tax systems distort firm-to-firm trade? This article considers the effect of tax policy on supplier networks in the state of West Bengal in India. It finds that on average, firms buy 12% more from ...
- Lucie Gadenne Tushar Nandi Roland Rathelot
- 18 December, 2019
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Should low-income countries open up to foreign capital? The India experiment
- Natalie Bau Adrien Matray
- 08 November, 2019
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Learning environment as third teacher? Evidence on the impact of school infrastructure
One of the ways to ensure education quality in schools is to create education facilities that are child-centred and provide a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment for all. In this post,...
- Diego Ambasz Tigran Shmis Maria Ustinova Kumar Vivek
- 06 December, 2019
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The precocious period: Impact of early menarche on schooling in India
- Madhulika Khanna
- 04 December, 2019
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What can Question Hour tell us about representation in the Indian Parliament?
Is a numeric representation of Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) from particular sociological backgrounds important to achieve a substantive representation of their group interests? This article answ...
- Saloni Bhogale
- 13 January, 2020
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Empowering women through direct digital wage payments
- Erica Field Charity Troyer Moore Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Simone Schaner
- 29 November, 2019
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Creating safe public spaces for women and alcohol consumption in bars
- Saloni Khurana Kanika Mahajan
- 25 November, 2019
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Electoral cycles and incomplete public works projects: An analysis of the MPLAD scheme
The successful execution of public works programmes undertaken by governments often hinges on the completion of a vast array of local-level projects intended to create tangible amenities to improve th...
- Jonathan Darsey Anjali Thomas
- 08 January, 2020
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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Issues and gaps in service delivery and access
- Rahul Ranjan
- 11 December, 2019
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Poverty & Inequality Show this topicHide this topic
What is happening to rural welfare, poverty, and inequality in India?
An analysis of the draft National Statistical Office report that the Government has decided not to put out shows a deterioration in 2017-18 in consumption and poverty levels in rural India. The reason...
- S. Subramanian
- 10 January, 2020
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Economic mobility in India: Estimation using ‘noisy’ data
- Hao Li Daniel L. Millimet Punarjit Roychowdhury
- 18 September, 2019
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EWS reservation in higher education: Affirmative action or vote bank politics?
- Devika Malhotra Sharma
- 11 September, 2019
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Household-level effects of affordable housing: Evidence from Mumbai
- Tanu Kumar
- 04 September, 2019
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Is adaptation to climate damages a blessing or curse for developing nations?
Pathways reflecting current climate action commitments by different nations mean a global warming level much higher than the level at which the world will be faced with manageable climate damages. Fur...
- Ingmar Schumacher
- 22 January, 2020
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Usharmukti project: A confluence of institutions for rejuvenating rivers
- Ashwini Kulkarni
- 20 January, 2020
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The missing women in finance
Women comprise a very small proportion of the financial industry workforce, and this has implications on the way female clients use and benefit from financial services. This article discusses if the f...
- Renana Jhabvala Soumya Kapoor Mehta Sonal Sharma
- 13 December, 2019
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Raising coverage under deposit insurance: A soft option
- Gurbachan Singh
- 02 December, 2019
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Approaches to regulation of cryptocurrencies
- Radhika Pandey D. Priyadarshini Raghunath Seshadri
- 31 October, 2019
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Managerial quality and productivity dynamics
It is well known that managerial quality impacts firm productivity and growth. Which managerial skills, traits, and practices contribute most to productivity? Are all such traits easily observable? Ar...
- Achyuta Adhvaryu Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo
- 27 November, 2019
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Does India gain from high-skilled migration to the US?
- Stefano Breschi Francesco Lissoni Ernest Miguelez
- 18 February, 2019
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An offline alternative for Aadhaar-based biometric authentication
- Subhashis Banerjee Subodh V. Sharma
- 24 September, 2018
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Mobility and congestion in urban India
Urban transportation in developing countries is prioritised for massive investments, yet little is known about the determinants of urban mobility in these countries. This article applies a methodology...
- Prottoy A. Akbar Victor Couture Gilles Duranton Adam Storeygard
- 24 July, 2019
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Should India reconsider participating in e-commerce negotiations at the WTO ?
India is planning to bring about a national e-commerce policy. However, the government has decided to stay away from negotiations at the World Trade Organization platform to set international e-commer...
- Rahul Prakash Neeti Shikha
- 09 December, 2019
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RCEP trade agreement: The road not taken?
- Sarthak Agrawal Madhav Malhotra
- 15 November, 2019
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Exports, global production sharing, and job creation in India
- Garima Dhir C. Veeramani
- 09 October, 2019
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Death penalty for gender-based violence: A band-aid solution for a broken system
In 2018, Government of India amended the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Indian Penal Code to provide for death penalty for rape of children under 12 years of ...
- Shreeradha Mishra
- 17 January, 2020
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A village’s journey of alcohol de-addiction due to children’s campaigning
- Shirish Khare
- 20 December, 2019
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