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Road to empowerment: Rural roads programme and women's outcomes

Lack of spatial mobility is recognised as a critical constraint on women's socioeconomic participation. This article presents findings from a study examining the impact of India’s rural roads programm...

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भारत के कुल रोज़गार में विनिर्माण क्षेत्र का हिस्सा : प्रदर्शन खराब नहीं है

भारत में नौकरियों के बारे में उपलब्ध आँकड़े पिछले 50 वर्षों में भारत के कुल रोज़गार में विनिर्माण के हिस्से में मामूली वृद्धि ही दर्शाते हैं। इस लेख में बिश्वनाथ गोलदार ने इस बात पर प्रकाश डाला है कि व...

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Street safety and girls’ secondary schooling in India

Street harassment in India is still a constraint on women's education, dimming their future. Analysing the case of ‘SHE teams’ in the state of Telangana, this article shows that the introduction of sp...

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Contraception as a pathway to better child nutrition and health

India is home to one-third of the world’s stunted children, and half of all under-five mortality can be attributed to undernutrition. Existing literature has shown an association between larger famili...

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रक्षात्मक सहयोग : भारतीय मुसलमानों के समाज-सार्थक दृष्टिकोण को समझना

विकास के मुख्यधारा के सिद्धांत अधिक समरूप परिस्थितियों में सार्वजनिक साधनों में योगदान करने की अधिक इच्छा को दर्शाते हैं। दिल्ली की झुग्गियों में किए गए एक अध्ययन के निष्कर्षों को इस लेख में प्रस्तुत ...

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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 f...

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The agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters

There are various explanations in the literature for the observed productivity gap between agriculture and other sectors, in developing countries. Using Indian data, this article questions the standar...

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Female legislators and forest conservation

While women are known to be more concerned about the environment than men, do these preferences translate into action when women hold political power? This article shows that in constituencies reserve...

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गर्भनिरोधक संबंधी निर्णयों के घरेलू हिंसा पर प्रभाव : निर्णय और गतिशीलता

महिलाओं की परिवार में अपनी बात रखने की शक्ति और रोज़गार व शिक्षा के रूप में उनके सशक्तीकरण को, अन्तरंग-साथी द्वारा उनके प्रति हिंसा (इंटिमेट पार्टनर वायलेंस- आईपीवी) की घटनाओं के कम होने और बढ़ जाने, द...

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Fiscal transfers and natural calamities: Does political alignment matter?

Fiscal transfers from the central government serve as an important mechanism for state governments to mitigate adverse impacts of extreme climate events. This article demonstrates that higher allocati...

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Financing the climate transition of India’s power sector

A cornerstone of India’s climate transition plan is to shift towards a high-efficiency, low-emission power sector. In this post, Vardhan and Tilotia outline the investment and financing challenges ass...

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Synthetic Control Method: Opportunity for policy evaluation

Policy evaluation involves estimating the effect of an intervention, by comparing outcomes in units subjected to the intervention with otherwise similar units not subjected to intervention. However, t...

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