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Clicks and editorial decisions: How does popularity shape online news coverage?
Identifying whether newspaper editors focus on what is ‘newsworthy’ or what is ‘trendy’ when choosing stories is important for the design of media regulation. This column shows how the popularity of ...
- Ananya Sen Pinar Yildirim
- 18 May, 2015
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Impact of American FDI in India
The United States is one of India’s largest trade and investment partners. This column discusses the impact of American FDI in India in terms of direct effects such as job creation, exports and techn...
- Smita Miglani Saon Ray
- 15 May, 2015
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Encouraging household investment in sanitation
While the detrimental effects of poor sanitation are widely known, there is disagreement about the key barriers to expanding improved sanitation coverage. This column presents results from a field ex...
- Raymond Guiteras James Levinsohn Mushfiq Mobarak
- 13 May, 2015
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Incentivising states to conserve forests
Central tax revenues will now be shared among states not just on the basis of population, area, and income, but also forest cover. In this article, Jonah Busch, an environmental economist at the Cent...
- Jonah Busch
- 11 May, 2015
- Perspectives
A campaign to end malnutrition in Bihar
About 55% of 0-3 year old children in the state of Bihar are malnourished. In this article, Hena Naqvi, State Programme Officer at the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar, describes an ...
- Hena Naqvi
- 08 May, 2015
- Notes from the Field
How effective are gram sabhas?
Village panchayats across India are mandated to organise local public meetings called gram sabhas several times a year, wherein villagers discuss issues such as local public good provision. This colu...
- Sabyasachi Das
- 06 May, 2015
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Responding to external shocks
Following the global financial crisis of 2007-08, the Indian economy was exposed to various shocks. While the major source of shocks was external, the effects were magnified by certain lapses in dome...
- Ashima Goyal
- 30 April, 2015
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Promoting the use of a novel water-saving agricultural technology among Indian farmers
The Met Department has forecasted a below-normal monsoon in India this year. This column analyses the demand for a water-saving agricultural technology — laser land levelling — among farmers in Uttar...
- Anil Bhargava Kajal Gulati Travis J. Lybbert Nicholas Magnan David J. Spielman
- 28 April, 2015
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14th Finance Commission: A trust-based approach towards local governments
The 14th Finance Commission has been hailed as ‘path-breaking’ for recommending larger fund allocations to state governments and giving them more autonomy in spending these funds. In this article, Me...
- Meera Mehta Dinesh Mehta
- 27 April, 2015
- Perspectives
Analysing net foreign earnings of India's corporate sector
The corporate sector is the linchpin of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. This column finds that the sector is increasingly relying on imported inputs and its net foreign earnings are on the decline, thu...
- J. Dennis Rajakumar
- 22 April, 2015
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Making the best out of waste
Given rapid urbanisation and the increasing amounts of solid waste generated in India cities, there is a pressing need for effective waste management processes. In this article, Sourabh Bhattacharjee...
- Sourabh Bhattacharjee Ujjwal Kumar Sinha
- 22 April, 2015
- Notes from the Field
The Chhattisgarh experience and the National Food Security Act
Many of the reforms introduced under the National Food Security Act are modeled on PDS reforms implemented in Chhattisgarh. These reforms are widely believed to be responsible for the state’s success...
- Prasad Krishnamurthy Vikram Pathania Sharad Tandon
- 20 April, 2015
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