Tag Search: “infrastructure”
Infrastructure and economic growth: The role of airports
Given that banking sectors in low-income countries are inefficient, why don’t lenders from wealthier countries profitably lend to productive firms in these countries? One possibility is that foreign l...
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Natalie Bau
Jesse Schreger
31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Constructing housing for the poor without destroying their communities
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana aims to achieve housing for all by 2022. However, vacancy of 23% was reported last year in urban housing built under the programme. In this article, Rohini Pande, conte...
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Rohini Pande
24 March, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Smart meters for promoting energy efficiency in rural India
This project brings experimental and quasi-experimental research methods to bear on important issues confronting rural electrification initiatives.
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Meredith Fowlie
Catherine Wolfram
31 January, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Rural electrification in India: Focus on service quality
India has set an ambitious goal of achieving high-quality electricity supply for all households by 2019, and impressive progress has been made in increasing the number of household electricity connect...
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Karthik Ganesan
Abhishek Jain
Johannes Urpelainen
18 January, 2017
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How do electricity shortages affect industry in India?
Poor electricity supply is widely recognised as a key impediment to firm growth and productivity. This column finds that average reported level of electricity shortages in India reduces annual plant r...
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Hunt Allcott
Allan Collard-Wexler
Stephen D O'Connell
25 November, 2016
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Solar micro-grids in India: A reality check
Much of India’s strategy to reduce the use of fossil fuels relies on a transition to solar energy. Based on a survey of potential solar micro-grid customers in Bihar, this column highlights the challe...
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Anant Sudarshan
01 November, 2016
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Building connections: Political corruption and road construction in India
Rural infrastructure programmes of the government create new opportunities for growth but also for corruption. This column studies India’s flagship rural road construction programme and finds evidence...
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Oliver Eynde
Jonathan Lehne
Jacob Shapiro
13 September, 2016
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Fast breeder reactors and the slow progress of India's nuclear programme
Breeder reactors have always underpinned the claims of India’s Department of Atomic Energy about generating large quantities of electricity. The first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor was expected to st...
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M.V. Ramana
16 August, 2016
- Perspectives
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...
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Roshan Kishore
11 July, 2016
- Perspectives
How do rural roads affect development? Evidence from India
Despite broad consensus that high transportation costs are a large barrier to economic development, many of the world’s poor live in rural communities without paved roads, impeding their access to out...
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Paul Novosad
30 June, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Case for electric vehicles through cleaner grid supply
The Indian government recently announced its plan to make India a 100% electric vehicle nation by 2030. In this article, Mudit Chordia, a Consultant at the University of Chicago Urban Labs, discusses ...
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Mudit Chordia
18 May, 2016
- Perspectives
MNREGA and its assets
Critics of MNREGA believe that the programme is a dole to dig a hole and hence, a huge waste of resources and that it would be better to simply provide cash. In this article, Sudha Narayanan, Associa...
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Sudha Narayanan
15 March, 2016
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