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Ashok Kotwal served as the Editor-in-Chief of Ideas for India from 2012 to 2022.
He was Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He served as the Head of the Department from 1995-2000 and as the Director, Centre for India and South Asia Research at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2008. His research has focused on development issues such as the process of poverty decline, labour and credit markets in developing countries, the role of agriculture in development, the role of international trade, and rural governance. More recently, he had been engaged in the study of poverty alleviation schemes such as Public Distribution System and MNREGA (Employment Guarantee Act).
Posts by Ashok Kotwal
ई-संगोष्ठी का परिचय: नए कृषि कानून को समझना
क्या कृषि कानून किसानों की आय बढ़ाने में मदद करेंगे? क्या किसानों को बाजारों तक विस्तारित पहुंच से लाभ मिल सकता है? क्या वे कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग के कानून के कारण शहरी फर्मों के साथ अनुबंध स्थापित करने...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 21 अक्टूबर, 2020
- विचार-गोष्ठी
Introduction to e-Symposium: Understanding the new farm laws
Would the farm laws help increase farmers’ incomes? Could farmers benefit from an expanded access to markets? Would they be more willing to engage in contracts with urban firms because of the law on...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 12 October, 2020
- Symposium
CPR-I4I webinar video: A new economic imagination?
Centre for Policy Research and Ideas for India jointly held a webinar on 16 September 2020, to discuss domestic demand specifically in rural India. It built on a recent I4I post by three of the speake...
- Yamini Aiyar Maitreesh Ghatak Ashok Kotwal Mekhala Krishnamurthy Bharat Ramaswami
- 30 September, 2020
- Videos
ड्यूएट: 'कैसे' से पहले 'क्यों' को संबोधित करना
ज्यां द्रेज़ के ड्यूएट प्रस्ताव और इससे संबंधित विचारों पर टिप्पणी करते हुए अशोक कोटवाल यह तर्क देते हैं कि हमें इस तरह के शहरी निर्माण कार्यक्रम के डिज़ाइन के विवरण का गहन अध्ययन करने से पहले इसके औच...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 29 सितंबर, 2020
- दृष्टिकोण
DUET: Addressing ‘why’ before ‘how’
Commenting on Drèze's DUET proposal and related views, Ashok Kotwal argues that we need to consider the rationale for such an urban work programme, before diving into the design details.
- Ashok Kotwal
- 15 September, 2020
- Perspectives
What would make India’s growth sustainable?
Much of the discussion on the economic slowdown in India in recent years – as well as on the government’s measures to tackle the present economic crisis due to the Covid-19 lockdown – is focused...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Ashok Kotwal Bharat Ramaswami
- 14 August, 2020
- Perspectives
Webinar video: The new Coronavirus and the Indian economy
The global pandemic has created a terrible trade-off for every country between an economic crisis caused by a shutdown of the economic activity and a health crisis and fatalities as the healthcare sys...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 02 June, 2020
- Videos
Covid-19: Ashok Kotwal speaks with Pronab Sen
In conversation with Ashok Kotwal on the ongoing economic crisis caused by lockdown to mitigate Covid-19 spread, Pronab Sen breaks down the problem into survival of individuals and livelihoods, and th...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 25 April, 2020
- Podcasts
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - IV
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen traced the genesis of the present economic slowdown. In this part, they discuss the way forward to arrest the slowdown. They suggest a ...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - III
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen presented an export-led development strategy employed by successful Asian countries and why India failed on this front. In this part, t...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - II
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen described the generic process of development in a dual economy. In this part, they present the strategies employed by successful Asian ...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 28 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - I
The Indian economy, one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last three decades, today shows telltale signs of an economic slowdown. In this four-part series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 27 September, 2019
- Perspectives