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A comparison of automobile industries in India and China
The automobile sector in both India and China developed due to waves of investment in these countries since the late 1980s. This column discusses how India’s automobile sector has grown differently fr...
- Smita Miglani Saon Ray
- 05 August, 2016
- Articles
Using geospatial methods in estimating exposure to open defecation
Eliminating open defecation is an important policy priority in India. In this article, Arya, George and Singh from the Centre for Policy Research, illustrate how using readily available geospatial dat...
- Prashant Arya Nikhil George Amandeep Singh
- 03 August, 2016
- Perspectives
How serious is the neglect of intra-household inequality in poverty measures in India?
Poverty measurement at the household level assumes that the poverty status of all household members, irrespective of age and gender, is the same as that of the household. This column presents a frame...
- Stephan Klasen Rahul Lahoti
- 01 August, 2016
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Water quality awareness and behaviour change
Universal access to clean water is far from a reality in many developing countries. This column examines a nationwide information campaign that attempted to minimise the use of arsenic-contaminated tu...
- Pinar Keskin Hannah Ruebeck Gauri Kartini Shastry
- 28 July, 2016
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W(h)ither the State? 25 years of economic liberalisation
24 July 2016 marked 25 years of liberalisation of the Indian economy. In this article, Parikshit Ghosh, Associate Professor of Economics at Delhi School of Economics, contends that liberalisation did ...
- Parikshit Ghosh
- 26 July, 2016
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Does good governance reduce foodgrain diversion in PDS?
In 2011-12, various states undertook measures to curb leakages of foodgrains from the Public Distribution System. Some of the pioneer states also implemented the National Food Security Act - a rights-...
- Sohini Paul
- 24 July, 2016
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Public sector banks: The more things change, the more they stay the same
Banks Board Bureau has been set up to help the government appoint heads of public sector banks (PSBs) and to advise on important issues in banking. In this article, Gurbachan Singh asks basic question...
- Gurbachan Singh
- 21 July, 2016
- Perspectives
Land and financial misallocation in India
Optimising the allocation of factors of production – land, capital and labour - improves productivity. In India, where evidence suggests land is severely misallocated to inefficient manufacturing firm...
- Gilles Duranton Ejaz Ghani Arti Grover Goswami William Kerr
- 20 July, 2016
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Inflation targeting: A long way to go
The Finance Bill, 2016, amended the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, to define inflation targeting as the primary objective of the central bank. In this article, Rajeswari Sengupta, Assistant P...
- Rajeswari Sengupta
- 18 July, 2016
- Perspectives
When does politics work for development?
Political interference in the bureaucracy is generally viewed with suspicion. Yet, in a democracy, should we not expect politicians to push bureaucrats to work for the best interests of citizens? This...
- Saad Gulzar Ben Pasquale
- 15 July, 2016
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Improved cooking stoves in India: Evaluating long-run impacts
Improved cooking stoves are increasingly seen as an important technology to address indoor air pollution. While laboratory experiments have shown that they could have big effects on smoke exposure and...
- Esther Duflo Michael Greenstone Rema Hanna Claire Walsh
- 13 July, 2016
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India's housing situation
The ‘Housing for all’ scheme was launched by the Government of India in June 2015, with the objective of constructing 20 million houses for the urban poor by 2022. In this article, Roshan Kishore, da...
- Roshan Kishore
- 11 July, 2016
- Perspectives