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On the economic geography of climate change

Climate change is a defining challenge of our times. In this post, Peri and Robert-Nicoud introduce a special issue of the ‘Journal of Economic Geography’ on climate change, which provides foundations for well-informed policymaking by addressing two main themes of the economic geography of clima...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Environment
Year: 2021

Assessing the credibility of sub-national budgets in India

The Covid-19 crisis has put immense pressure on the finances of Indian states. Fiscal consolidation in the post-pandemic period will depend on growth revival, increased fund flows, and efficient budget management processes. In this context, Jena and Singh assess the credibility of sub-national budge...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2021

Understanding ‘consumer price index’ and consumption baskets

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as an indicator in various policymaking contexts, and has gained greater significance since the adoption of the inflation targeting framework in India. In this post, Goyal et al. examine how the weights of various commodities from the 2011-12 Consumer Expenditu...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2021

Do promises work? Assessing long-term benefits of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ programme

During 1994-1998, the state government of Haryana ran a conditional cash transfer programme to address the issue of child marriage: at the time of a daughter’s birth, parents from marginalised sections of society were promised a lumpsum cash transfer if the daughter remained unmarried until age 18...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2021

Assessing the assessments: Taking stock of India’s ‘learning outcomes’ data

As India recovers from the pandemic and the new National Education Policy is implemented, availability of reliable data on ‘learning outcomes’ is crucial. In this post, Johnson and Parrado assess the reliability of three main sources of learning outcomes data: government-run National Achievement...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2021

Making city planning democratic: Reflections from ‘Main Bhi Dilli’ campaign

‘Main Bhi Dilli’ campaign was launched in 2018 to ensure inclusion of citizen voices in the Delhi Master Plan 2041. In this context, Shalaka Chauhan discusses the role of co-creation and citizen participation in city-planning processes, rooted in the belief that everybody can contribute to city ...

  • Notes from the Field

Content Type: Notes from the Field
Topic: Urbanisation
Year: 2021

Covid-19: Impact on migrant workers in Bihar

The nationwide lockdown – imposed in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19 – left large sections of migrant workers in a precarious position, with livelihoods lost, and no means of public transport to get back home. This note presents findings from a survey of over 1,600 households in 12 ...

  • Notes from the Field

Content Type: Notes from the Field
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2021

Intellectual property rights and wage inequality

Technology has become central to most everyday activities. But will incentives for technological change – such as those induced by Covid-19 – cause deeper distortions in the global economy, especially through wage inequality? To examine this issue, this article analyses data on Indian manufactur...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Productivity & Innovation
Year: 2021

Credit risk management policies of banks: A new approach

Despite increasing robustness of banks and multipurpose liquidity provided by the Reserve Bank of India, there is no perceptible improvement in credit growth. K. Srinivasa Rao proposes a new approach to credit risk management policy of banks, whereby large commercial banks utilise their skills and r...

  • Perspectives

Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Money & Finance
Year: 2021

Is OBC reservation good for development?

The affirmative action debate has always been riddled by the question of merit versus social justice, and discussions around having a caste census have once again reignited the controversy around reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBC). Based on data on major Indian states from 1960 to 2012, t...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2021

Not by growth alone: The salience of redistribution in poverty eradication

Recent studies posit that per capita incomes of developing countries are finally on track to catch up to those of industrialised countries. In this post, Enevoldsen and Pande contend that this country-level catch-up will not be sufficient to eradicate extreme poverty, as the blessings of this ‘gro...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2021

Inequality, labour market trends, and the welfare State

All around the world, rising levels of inequality – particularly in the last 3-4 decades – have been recognised as a major issue. In this context, David Green (University of British Columbia) and Parikshit Ghosh (I4I Editorial Board; Delhi School of Economics) discuss various factors including t...

  • Videos

Content Type: Videos
Topic: Productivity & Innovation
Year: 2021