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Rags to riches? Understanding social mobility in India
To what extent is an individual’s status in society determined by the position of his or her parents? Analysing data from the Indian Human Development Survey, 2011-2012, this column finds that the pro...
- Vegard Iversen Anirudh Krishna Kunal Sen
- 13 November, 2017
- Articles
What did demonetisation do to domestic agricultural markets?
When the note ban was announced a year ago, many feared that it would hit agriculture and informal sectors the hardest given the widespread use of cash for transacting in these sectors. Based on analy...
- Nidhi Aggarwal Sudha Narayanan
- 10 November, 2017
- Articles
Forecasting growth in times of transition
As per official data released on 31 August 2017, the Indian economy grew at 5.6% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year – in congruence with forecasts of National Council of Applied Economic ...
- Bornali Bhandari
- 08 November, 2017
- Perspectives
Recapitalisation of public sector banks, and financial repression
Government of India recently announced its decision to infuse Rs. 2.11 trillion of fresh capital into public sector banks, financed partly through recapitalisation bonds. In this article, Dr Gurbachan...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 06 November, 2017
- Perspectives
Why are geniuses destroying jobs in Uganda?
In this article, Lant Pritchett discusses how technological progress is being driven in rich countries by distorted prices and availability of labour and is then inefficiently and uneconomically destr...
- Lant Pritchett
- 02 November, 2017
- Articles
Production responses and tax evasion with limited State capacity: Evidence from major reform in India
Although VAT eliminates the double taxation of inputs of the retail sales system, which enhances growth, it may increase the number of firms in the informal sector. This makes it very important, from ...
- David Agrawal Laura Zimmermann
- 31 October, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Malnutrition and the National Food Security Act
The National Food Security Act aims to remove hunger and reduce malnutrition by providing subsidised foodgrains to two-thirds of the population. Using nationally representative data, this column finds...
- Anders Kjelsrud Rohini Somanathan
- 31 October, 2017
- Articles
Production Responses and Tax Evasion with Limited State Capacity - Evidence from Major Reform in India
This project explores: what is the effect of switching from a retail sales tax to a VAT in a country with limited tax capacity and a large informal economy? The project explores this question through...
- David Agrawal Laura Zimmermann
- 31 October, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Barriers in accessing applications under RTE quota in Gujarat
In the school year 2017-18, Gujarat shifted from a paper-based system at the district level to an online system at the state level, for applications under the Right to Education Act. In this note, res...
- Ambrish Dongre Ishu Gupta Ankur Sarin Karan Singhal Nisha Pankaj Vernekar
- 30 October, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Doing Business in India: Myths and realities
Ahead of the global release of the 2018 edition of the World Bank Doing Business rankings, this column compares data from firm-level surveys conducted by the Bank and the IDFC Institute-NITI Aayog wi...
- Mathew Lillehaugen Milan Vaishnav
- 25 October, 2017
- Articles
The power of enforcement: State capacity and child marriage in India
In an attempt to deter child marriage, a recent Supreme Court verdict has criminalised sexual relations between a man and minor wife. Worldwide, more than 700 million women alive today were married be...
- Tanushree Goyal Sam Van Noort
- 24 October, 2017
- Articles
Political reservation and the quality of governance
Existing evidence suggests that while political reservation for traditionally marginalised groups tilts governance outcomes in favour of those groups, there are non-discernable or negative effects on ...
- Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois
- 23 October, 2017
- Articles