Tag Search: “infrastructure”
Political distortions in the Indian electricity sector
While political interference is believed to be a major problem plaguing the electricity sector in India, there is little empirical evidence on the existence of political distortions or on their econo...
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Thushyanthan Baskaran
Brian Min
Yogesh Uppal
03 August, 2015
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Beyond toilets: Improving the sanitation value chain
Besides access to toilets, proper treatment and disposal of waste is essential for effective sanitation. In this article, Sujaya Rathi - Principal Research Scientist at CSTEP who is currently involve...
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Sujaya Rathi
21 July, 2015
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Private investment and income disparity across Indian states
Liberalisation reforms in India in the 1990s offered private investors the freedom to choose their investment location in the country. This column finds that income disparity across low-income states...
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Jagannath Mallick
03 June, 2015
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How development affects climate sensitivity of electricity demand in India
The annual average temperature in India in 2009 was about 0.91°C above the average temperature recorded during the 1961-1990 period. This column analyses the impact of daily weather as well as long-t...
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Eshita Gupta
20 May, 2015
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Can solar micro-grids deliver basic electricity access in Indian villages?
About one-third of India´s population remains without access to basic electricity services. This column discusses preliminary lessons from an experiment in rural Uttar Pradesh that seeks to set up so...
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Michaёl Aklin
Patrick Bayer
S.P. Harish
Johannes Urpelainen
17 April, 2015
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Transit networks and regional development in India
Recent research illustrates the immediate positive effects of transit networks in India on rural employment, manufacturing growth and so on. This column focuses on the long-term impact of national hi...
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Gaurav Khanna
26 March, 2015
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Harnessing India's wind power potential
While India’s wind power sector has progressed significantly in the past decade, only about 22% of its potential has been harnessed so far. In this article, Deepthi Swamy - who was part of a team tha...
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Deepthi Swamy
09 March, 2015
- Notes from the Field
Solar power for street vendors? Lessons from an experiment in Bihar
Rapid urbanisation in developing countries is aggravating the issue of insufficient access to energy for basic needs such as lighting. This column discusses lessons from an experiment in Bihar wherei...
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David Szakonyi
Johannes Urpelainen
06 February, 2015
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Financing India's infrastructure growth
Interest rates in the developed economies are still at very low levels, while investors are looking for high and stable returns for their money. This article outlines an innovative proposal for finan...
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Samik Metia
12 January, 2015
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Assessing the quality and usefulness of MNREGA assets in Maharashtra
Questions have been raised regarding the quality and usefulness of assets created under MNREGA. To examine the validity of the scepticism, this column reports results from a study of MNREGA assets in...
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Upasak Das
Ashwini Kulkarni
Sudha Narayanan
Krushna Ranavare
05 December, 2014
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Challenges and priorities for financial sector reform in India
I4I Editor Nirvikar Singh (Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz) interviews K.P. Krishnan (Former Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance) on the central ...
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K.P. Krishnan
Nirvikar Singh
17 November, 2014
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A conversation on Bihar
I4I Guest Editor Karthik Muralidharan (Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego) speaks with Anjani Kumar Singh (Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar) during the IGC Grow...
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Karthik Muralidharan
Anjani Singh
03 November, 2014
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