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Girija Borker
Girija Borker is an Economist in the Impact Evaluation unit of the Development Research Group (DECRG) at the World Bank. She works primarily in the areas of development economics, with a focus on gender, violence, education, and transport.
Her ongoing projects study the economic consequences of sexual harassment in public spaces, assess how the structure of the marriage market in India contributes to sex selection, and examine the effects of teacher identity on student performance along with the underlying mechanisms.
Her work has been featured by Quartz, The Hindustan Times, Le Monde, the World Bank, BBC Radio, and The New Statesman.
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How police patrols reduced severe street harassment in India
Street harassment is a pervasive issue, with negative impacts on women’s safety and mobility in urban public spaces. Based on an experiment conducted in collaboration with the Hyderabad City Police, this article demonstrates that visible, anti-harassment policing strategies combined with efforts to transform underlying social attitudes, can make a difference.
