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The influence of local politicians in the private education market

Private schooling has experienced rapid expansion in India – both in terms of number of schools and student enrolment. Analysing data from 2005-2017, this article shows that constituencies represented...

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Union Budget 2025-26: Many small measures but lacks big ideas

The Finance Minister recently presented the Union Budget for 2025-26. In this post, Rajeswari Sengupta notes that the most significant aspect of this Budget is the fiscal stimulus aimed at middle-clas...

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How firms adapt supply chains to climate risk

Amidst growing climate risks, localised weather events such as floods or droughts pose a threat to the links between firms and their suppliers. Using data from India, this article analyses how busines...

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Policy Roundup: 1.5 degree breach, Trump’s America, ASER 2024

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the widespread negative effects of climate change and what can be done to mitig...

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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, Profe...

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बेटियों को सशक्त बनाना : सशर्त नकद हस्तांतरण किस प्रकार से पारम्परिक मानदंडों को बदल सकते हैं

हर साल 24 जनवरी को राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इस दिन की स्थापना 2008 में भारत सरकार के महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्रालय ने लड़कियों को सशक्त बनाने और उनकी सुरक्षा के महत्व के बारे में ...

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Technological advancement and employment changes: Recent trends in India

What is the impact of rapid technological advancements on employment in the Indian economy? In this post, Kathuria and Dev analyse ‘Consumer Pyramids Household Survey’ data to explore this question. T...

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Feminisation of India’s industrial workforce

In recent years, the average annual growth rate in manufacturing employment has exceeded that of aggregate employment in India. In this post, Goldar and Aggarwal demonstrate that this trend is accompa...

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आप्रवासन नीति सम्बन्धी अनिश्चितता श्रम बाज़ारों को प्रभावित करती है

राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प के फिर से चुने जाने से एच-1बी वीज़ा सम्बन्धी नीतियों पर बहस फिर से शुरू हो गई है, यह एक अस्थाई उच्च कौशल कार्य वीज़ा है जिसमें 70% वीज़ा भारतीयों के पास हैं। इस लेख में, वर्ष 2016 मे...

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Construction sector and air pollution: Evidence from India

The construction sector has emerged as a significant yet often overlooked contributor to worsening air quality in India. Exploring the link between construction activities and air pollution, this arti...

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Network membership and demand for health insurance

Despite being free and having liberal eligibility criteria, the adoption of public health insurance in India remains low. This article examines how informal networks influence adoption behaviour, in t...

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प्रतिस्पर्धी नौकरियों की खोज : कम शेयरिंग से कंपनियों का नुकसान

श्रम बाज़ार में नौकरियों और कर्मचारियों के सही तालमेल के लिए यह ज़रूरी है कि नौकरी पोस्टिंग की जानकारी उपयुक्त नौकरी खोजने वालों तक पहुँचे। हालांकि इस सम्बन्ध में सोशल नेटवर्क महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते...

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