Tag Search: “political economy”
Parikshit Ghosh speaks with Karl Ove Moene
There is a view that upsurge in inequality due to globalisation is leading to rising appeal of political platforms that promote inward-looking policies. In this podcast, Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the...
- Parikshit Ghosh Kalle Moene
- 23 April, 2018
- Podcasts
Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity
Debates surrounding abortion invoke both religion and politics. This column examines whether the religious identity of legislators influences abortion rates in the districts in which they are elected,...
- Sonia Bhalotra Irma Clots-Figueras Lakshmi Iyer
- 09 April, 2018
- Articles
Impact of Elite Capture on the Provision of Public Services
The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project commonly called JEEViKA, is a community-driven poverty reduction programme with the key aim of improving the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor.
- Lata Gangadharan Tarun Jain Pushkar Maitra Joseph Vecci
- 31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Why governments across the globe are cracking down on civic organisations
Dupuy, Ron and Prakash content that NGOs need to generate resources from the communities they serve. This will make them accountable to these communities and enhance their legitimacy, and incentivise ...
- Kendra Dupuy Aseem Prakash James Ron
- 21 December, 2017
- Perspectives
India's slum leaders - II
The second part of the two-part column on slum leaders discusses who these leaders are - their age, professions, and relationships with political parties - and how they build support within their com...
- Adam Auerbach Tariq Thachil
- 21 November, 2017
- Articles
Breaking the clientelist trap: Can reform create demand for good governance in Bihar?
How has over a decade of rapid and programmatic policy reform in Bihar affected voters? Based on a household survey comparing political attitudes of residents on either side of the Bihar-Jharkhand bor...
- Jonathan Phillips
- 14 November, 2017
- Articles
Political Change and Crime Reduction in Bihar
The aim of this project was to understand the mechanisms through which the political changes in 2005 contributed to the dramatic subsequent reduction in violent crimes. This project is an extension of...
- Oliver Eynde Clément Imbert Nishith Prakash
- 12 October, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Political decentralisation, female leadership, and health in rural Bihar
Political decentralisation and female representation in governance are known to improve social welfare by influencing policy decisions in favour of women and children. Analysing data from rural Bihar,...
- Santosh Kumar Nishith Prakash
- 23 August, 2017
- Articles
Governance and public service delivery in India
The International Growth Centre recently produced a synthesis paper (Afridi 2017) bringing together insights from its research on governance and public service delivery in India, over the past seven y...
- Farzana Afridi Nalini Gulati
- 07 August, 2017
- Perspectives
The economic and political consequences of India's demonetisation
The ruling party at the centre won the Uttar Pradesh state election despite its demonetisation policy having some negative economic impacts on the Indian economy. By combining primary data from survey...
- Abhijit Banerjee Namrata Kala
- 26 July, 2017
- Articles
Does political background of leaders matter for development?
The objective of this paper is to investigate whether a legislator's political background matters for development/provision of public goods. This project studies this issue at the sub-national level i...
- Aaditya Dar
- 25 July, 2017
- IGC Research on India
India's slum leaders - I
India’s demographic shift to cities has been accompanied by a number of pressing governance and developmental challenges, among the most serious of which is the rampant spread of slum settlements. Wit...
- Adam Auerbach Tariq Thachil
- 20 July, 2017
- Articles