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National Farmers’ Day
23 December is observed as National Farmers’ Day, to celebrate the contribution and importance of farmers to the Indian economy. This page presents selected I4I content – posted over time – on issues that affect the lives of farmers, and related IGC (International Growth Centre) India research and panel discussions.
I4I@10 | Emerging from Covid-19: Challenges and solutions
As India emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, economists will have to rethink how they understand the Indian economy in context of global volatilities. In this panel, moderated by Amartya Lahiri, Viral Acharya, Yamini Aiyar and Pronab Sen discuss both the macroeconomic implications of growth, infrastructure and public policy, and the microeconomic concerns of whether we are creating enough good jobs, ensuring welfare, and reducing income inequality.
I4I Webinar on the Covid-19 shock
Join our Webinar - based on the recent I4I series by Dr Pronab Sen on "The Covid-19 shock: Learnings from the past, addressing the present", on Friday, 12 June 2020 at 5 pm IST.
कोविड-19 संबन्धित आलेखों का संग्रह
हम यहाँ आइडियास फॉर इंडिया (I4I) के कोविड-19 संबंधित हिन्दी विषयवस्तु के लिंक प्रस्तुत करेंगे
Webinar: The new Coronavirus and the Indian economy
The Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) and I4I are jointly hosting a webinar with Ashok Kotwal (Editor-in-Chief, I4I) on Monday, 18 May at 9.30 am IST. Prof. Kotwal will discuss the structure and state of the Indian economy in 2019, the arrival of New Coronavirus, the response by the Government of India, the public debate over the appropriateness of the response, and suggestions for a course correction.
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 Pranab K. Bardhan on 30 November 2023 in New Delhi on 'Inequality, Labour and Social Democracy’. A video recording of the lecture has been made available here.
IGC Webinar: The impact of Covid-19 in India and pathways to recovery
The ongoing Covid-19 health crisis has affected lives across the world, and caused a massive economic shock. To help policy stakeholders and the general audience understand the socioeconomic impact of the crisis in India, IGC India and ADRI, in collaboration with CORENET, are organising an online conference to present new evidence on the themes of labour markets, households, and health and well-being, across three days, 5 – 7 May 2021, at 16:00 – 17:35 IST.
International Day of Education
24 January is observed by the United Nations as the International Day of Education, to highlight the importance of education for sustainable development and to promote universal, equitable, and inclusive education. The 2021 theme is “Recover and revitalize education for the Covid-19 generation”, with a focus on placing education and lifelong learning at the centre of the pandemic-recovery process. This page presents selected I4I content pertaining to the provision of and access to education in India – with particular focus on schooling during Covid-19 and related issues of technology and facilities, learning outcomes, and disparities across socioeconomic groups.
International Women’s Day 2025: Towards equality and empowerment
Throughout this week, I4I has been sharing some of the latest evidence and ideas around women’s empowerment to mark International Women’s Day 2025. Discover the five-part series, and more about I4I’s gender-focused research, in this post.
International Women’s Day 2025: Towards equality and empowerment
Throughout this week, I4I has been sharing some of the latest evidence and ideas around women’s empowerment to mark International Women’s Day 2025. Discover the five-part series, and more about I4I’s gender-focused research, in this post.
वर्ष 2024 पर एक नज़र
नव वर्ष 2025 की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं! हिंदी भारत की सर्वाधिक बोली जाने वाली भाषाओं में से एक है और एक प्रकार से यह सम्पर्क सूत्र का काम भी करती रही है। इस महत्व को समझते हुए आई4आई के पोर्टल पर काफी संख्या में विभिन्न विषयों पर शोध-आधारित लेख हिंदी में प्रकाशित होते आये हैं। वर्ष 2024 में आई4आई पर कुल 196 लेख, राय-आधारित परिप्रेक्ष्य और फील्ड नोट प्रकाशित हुए जिनमें से 57 हिंदी में थे। इसी दौरान हमने तीन सम्मेलनों से जुड़ी सामग्री को भी होस्ट किया। 2024 की कुछ प्रमुख बातों को आज हम यहाँ साझा कर रहे हैं। आई4आई (I4I) से जुड़े रहने के लिए आपका धन्यवाद! साक्ष्य-आधारित नीति को बढ़ावा देने के लिए हम प्रतिबद्ध हैं और इस वर्ष तथा आगामी वर्षों में विकास व वृद्धि सम्बन्धी और अधिक सामग्री आपके समक्ष प्रस्तुत करते रहेंगे।
I4I@10 | First Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: The future of development
What is the 'fourth' fundamental law of capitalism? Will capital ‘inherit the earth’? Has the pandemic quickened the intuitive appeal of the capital-labour substitution? Should sovereign funds be based on corporate wealth, not just natural resources? Would Universal Basic Income work in a relatively poor country like India? In the first annual Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture, Professor Debraj Raj talks about the future of development, and the contribution of labour, capital and automation in growth. After a quick introduction, he dispels the notion of balanced growth by showing that, far from being constant, the share of labour is falling, over time, across countries, and within sectors. Presenting employment elasticities of different sectors, and labour shares for many economies, he establishes the ubiquity of capital-labour substitution. We see GDP growth has outpaced employment growth in India too, even though there is an abundance of cheap labour. ...
तृतीय अशोक कोतवाल स्मृति व्याख्यान- स्वैच्छिक कार्बन बाज़ार : विकासशील अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में चुनौतियाँ और अवसर
हमारे संस्थापक प्रधान संपादक अशोक कोतवाल की याद में वर्ष 2022 में ‘अशोक कोतवाल स्मृति व्याख्यान’ की शुरुआत विकास के प्रमुख मुद्दों पर एक वार्षिक व्याख्यान के रूप में की गई थी। 11 दिसंबर 2024 को संपन्न इस व्याख्यान के तीसरे संस्करण में, प्रोफेसर रोहिणी पांडे ने स्वैच्छिक कार्बन बाज़ारों और विकासशील अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में संबंधित चुनौतियों और अवसरों के बारे में बात की। इस व्याख्यान की रिकॉर्डिंग अब विडियो प्रारूप में उपलब्ध है।
Third Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: Voluntary Carbon Markets: Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Economies
The Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2022, in memory of our founding Editor-in-Chief, as an annual lecture on key issues in development. For the third edition on 11 December 2024, Professor Rohini Pande spoke about voluntary carbon markets, and the associated challenges and opportunities in developing economies. A recording of the lecture is now available to view.
Panel discussion: Creating a sustainable growth strategy for India
The previous I4I post presented videos from the first session of the India Sustainable Growth Conference hosted at LSE in May, wherein researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders deliberated on how India can balance its climate and growth objectives. This post features videos from the second session – a panel discussion on ‘Creating a sustainable growth strategy for India’.
India Sustainable Growth Conference: A recap
India is at the forefront of the global challenge of sustainable growth – adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its adverse effects must take place simultaneously with efforts to alleviate poverty and improve development indicators. The India Sustainable Growth Conference, hosted at LSE in May, brought together researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to share ideas on how to tackle the challenges confronting the India in this regard.
India Sustainable Growth Conference, 2-4 May 2024
Hosted by the International Growth Centre, LSE STICERD’s Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, University of Warwick and Indian Statistical Institute, the India Sustainable Growth Conference will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science during 2-4 May 2024. This conference serves as a platform for sharing ground-breaking ideas on sustainable economic growth and the environment, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities in India. It will bring together policymakers, academic leaders, and industry experts to discuss innovative research and strategies,
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I4I's 2024 Highlights
In 2024, Ideas for India featured 196 research-based Articles, opinion-based Perspectives, and Notes From the Field, of which 57 were available in Hindi; hosted content from three conferences, and introduced two new content types. Some of the highlights are shared below.
Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: Rohini Pande on 'Regulating Carbon Emissions through Nature-based Solutions'
We invite you to join us on 11 December 2024, for the third annual Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture. This year, the lecture will be delivered by Professor Rohini Pande, who will draw on insights gained from the design of pollution compliance markets and environmental audits in India, to discuss how they can provide guidance on how to redesign the voluntary carbon market so that lower income countries can access international climate funds through nature-based activities.
Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: Pranab Bardhan on 'Inequality, Labour & Social Democracy'
We invite you to join us on 30 November, 2023, for the second edition of I4I’s annual Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture. This year, the lecture will be delivered by Prof. Pranab K. Bardhan, who will concentrate on the rising inequality arising from declining labour shares of income. He will explore the reasons for decay of labour organisations globally and explore the reasons for this decay in terms of globalisation: the pattern of technological change, elements of labour fragmentation particularly in developing countries, and increasing corporate concentration.
I4I@10: Annual lecture and panel discussion
We invite you to join us on 22 December, 2022, as we bring to you Ideas for India’s annual lecture and panel discussion to celebrate 10 years of I4I! Featuring an in-person meeting for the first time in three years, this hybrid event will feature academics, policymakers and practitioners from across the world.
I4I@10: A quick look at a decade in the making
On the 10th anniversary of Ideas for India (I4I), we take a look at some of our major achievements and key moments since our launch on 19 July, 2012. Spearheaded by the late Prof. Ashok Kotwal and a group of prominent economists at the International Growth Centre, I4I was intended to showcase economic and policy research which was evidence-based and accessible. In the decade that followed, I4I was able to achieve that mission by hosting over 2,000 unique ideas – from articles, to perspectives and notes from the field. Our reach has expanded beyond the website, and I4I articles have been reprinted and mentioned around 300 times in external publications and translated into 4 other languages. The success was in no small part due to the efforts of the Editorial Board – a diverse and erudite group of economists and civil society leaders, now headed by Prof. Parikshit Ghosh as Editor-in-Chief – and the authors who have worked with the I4I team to share their ideas with a wider ....
Introducing I4I's new Editor-in-Chief & Co-Editors
Ideas for India (I4I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Parikshit Ghosh as its new Editor-in-Chief. He succeeds I4I's founding Editor-in-Chief, the late Prof. Ashok Kotwal.
Remembering our Editor-in-Chief Prof. Ashok Kotwal
We regret to inform you that our Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Ashok Kotwal, passed away on 28 April 2022. Apart from being a founding member of Ideas for India, he was Professor Emeritus at the Department of Economics at University of British Columbia, Senior Fellow at (BREAD) Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis in Development and an Associate, (ThRed) Theoretical Research in Economic Development. It is a huge loss for his family, friends, colleagues, and all of us at Ideas for India. He was an integral part of I4I from its inception in 2012, and his vision will continue to guide us in the years to come. If you would like to share your messages of remembrance for Prof. Ashok Kotwal, please send them to managing.editor@ideasforindia.in and we will post them on this page for you.
I4I is hiring!
I4I is looking to hire a Managing Editor. The I4I Managing Editor reports to the Editor-in-Chief who has the ultimate responsibility of screening content, launching new initiatives, soliciting contributions by suitable experts, etc. The Managing Editor is expected to work very closely with the Editor-in-Chief in developing and implementing the overall strategy, and take day-to-day responsibility for the smooth functioning of the portal and maintaining the high quality of I4I. The Managing Editor will edit technical content, such that it is accessible and engaging for a wide, lay audience. This job therefore requires adequate proficiency in economics and econometrics and an excellent command over the English language.
Note from the I4I Team: Happy Holidays!
We are now closed for Christmas and New Year, until Monday, 3 January 2022. We would like to thank all our readers and contributors for supporting I4I through the year, and helping us reach over one million page views in 2021! We will be back in the New Year with new articles, perspectives, notes from the field, e-symposia, events, and conversations. The I4I Team wishes all readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Obituary: Dr Shaibal Gupta
Dr Shaibal Gupta, IGC India’s Bihar programme head, sadly passed away on 28 January 2021. He was one of India’s pre-eminent social scientists, widely regarded as the leading expert on the economics and politics of Bihar.
Note from I4I Team: Happy Holidays!
We are now closed for Christmas and New Year, until Thursday, 2 January 2020. We will be back in the New Year with new articles, perspectives, notes from the field, e-symposia, explainers, videos, and podcasts. The I4I Team wishes all readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
रिसर्च और पॉलिसी के बीच फासला कम करने के लिए प्रमुख आर्थिक संस्थानों ने हाथ मिलाया
सुविज्ञ निर्णय लेने के लिहाज से प्रमाण-आधारित रिसर्च की बेहतर जानकारी देने के लिए लंदन स्कूल ऑफ इकनॉमिक्स स्थित इंटरनेशनल ग्रोथ सेंटर (आइजीसी) और शिकागो विश्वविद्यालय स्थित टाटा सेंटर फॉर डेवलपमेंट (टीसीडी) ने कॉलेबरेशन किया है।
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 decision-making, through 'Ideas for India'.