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Examining Himachal’s urban employment guarantee
Despite proposals by economists on the need for an urban work programme in India, a national-level policy seems some time away from coming to fruition. However, some states have implemented such progr...
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Krishna Priya Choragudi
21 March, 2022
- Notes from the Field
Covid-19 in India: Cases, deaths, and vaccinations
The Omicron variant resulted in a third major wave of Covid-19 in India, with the number of cases exceeding those in the second wave, albeit causing less severe illness on average. In this post, Kundu...
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Rachel M. Gisselquist
Anustup Kundu
16 March, 2022
- Perspectives
जलवायु संकट में भारत की संघीय प्रणाली की पुनर्कल्पना
सभी देशों की तरह भारत के लिए भी, जलवायु परिवर्तन एक अत्यंत तेजी से बढती समस्या बन गई है। इस लेख के जरिये पिल्लई एवं अन्य तर्क देते हैं कि इस समस्या के समाधान के लिए भारत की संघीय प्रणाली की पुनर्कल्पन...
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Parth Bhatia
Navroz K. Dubash
Aditya Valiathan Pillai
15 मार्च, 2022
- दृष्टिकोण
Trade, internal migration, and human capital: Who gained from India’s IT boom?
The Indian economy experienced trade expansion and an IT boom during 1993-2004. How did the spectacular growth in a high skill-intensive sector – concentrated in a few big cities – affect inequality a...
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Devaki Ghose
14 March, 2022
- Articles
महामारी के समय में बजट और राजनीति
हाल ही में वर्ष 2022-23 के लिए घोषित बजट को राजनीतिक अर्थव्यवस्था के चश्मे से देखते हुए, यामिनी अय्यर तर्क देती हैं कि महामारी के दौरान घोषित किये गए दोनों बजटों में कल्याण से ज्यादा पूंजीगत व्यय पर द...
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Yamini Aiyar
11 मार्च, 2022
- दृष्टिकोण
On the perils of embedded experiments
There is growing interest in ‘embedded experiments’, conducted by researchers and policymakers as a team. Aside from their potential scale, the main attraction of these experiments is that they seem t...
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Jean Drèze
10 March, 2022
- Perspectives
बजट 2022-23: सफलताएं एवं चूक
वर्ष 2022-23 के बजट की सफलताएं एवं चूक को रेखांकित करते हुए, राजेश्वरी सेनगुप्ता यह तर्क देती हैं कि सरकार द्वारा पूंजीगत व्यय को बढ़ावा देना एक सही दिशा में कदम प्रतीत होता है, जबकि संरक्षणवाद पर निर...
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Rajeswari Sengupta
09 मार्च, 2022
- दृष्टिकोण
How do RBI’s actions (and words) affect financial markets?
Financial markets in developed countries are known to react substantially to monetary shocks, that is, surprise changes in policy rates announced by the central bank. Based on a narrative analysis of ...
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Aeimit Lakdawala
Rajeswari Sengupta
09 March, 2022
- Articles
How cleaner cookstoves and fuels could benefit women’s health and the environment
With lesser access to financial resources and greater domestic responsibilities, women face the brunt of the climate change crisis. In particular, women are more affected by indoor air pollution cause...
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Siobhan Siu Bai McDonough
Nikita Sharma
07 March, 2022
- Articles
A signal to end child marriage: Evidence from Bangladesh
Child marriage remains common even where female schooling and employment opportunities have grown. Based on a field study in Bangladesh, this article seeks to experimentally evaluate the impact of a f...
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Nina Buchmann
Erica Field
Rachel Glennerster
Shahana Nazneen
Xiao Yu Wang
04 March, 2022
- Articles
Budget 2022-23 and outlook for the Indian economy
Several commentators have lauded the recently presented Budget 2022-23 as a ‘growth budget’, on account of the large allocations made for capital expenditure on public infrastructure. On the other han...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
03 March, 2022
- Podcasts
Budget 2022-23 and outlook for the Indian economy
Several commentators have lauded the recently presented Budget 2022-23 as a ‘growth budget’, on account of the large allocations made for capital expenditure on public infrastructure. On the other han...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
03 March, 2022
- Videos