04 February, 2019Has China really outperformed India?
It is widely agreed that China has grown much faster than India, and that India has finally taken over in recent years. In this piece, Martin Rama benchmarks the growth performances of the two countri...
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Martin Rama 
04 June, 2019
- Perspectives
Nobel laureate Paul Romer’s contribution to endogenous growth theory
What motivates people like Steve Jobs to spend time, money, and effort in developing new ideas despite the implicit hazard that ideas can easily be copied later? In this post, Mausumi Das contends tha...
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Mausumi Das
- 24 October, 2018
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Is India’s ‘new’ investment cycle poised for upturn?
Recent statistics have drawn attention to the turning of India’s investment cycle since the second half of 2017-18. In this piece, Isha Gupta examines the different components of investment demand a...
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Isha Gupta
- 27 May, 2019
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Should emerging markets worry about US monetary policy announcements?
Emerging economies are routinely affected by monetary policy announcements in the US. This column finds that US monetary policy surprises have a significant impact on emerging economies’ exchange ra...
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Poonam Gupta Oliver Masetti David Rosenblatt
- 03 July, 2017
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Economic benefits of transportation infrastructure: Historical evidence from India and America
Significant public finance is devoted to transportation infrastructure, the economic benefits of which are often unclear. This column analyses two major railroad projects in India and US in the 19th c...
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Dave Donaldson
- 21 June, 2017
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Impact of disinvestment policy on public sector enterprises in India
To address operational inefficiencies in PSEs without comprising on their social objectives, disinvestment policy is often used. However, there are concerns regarding the extent of impact on firm per...
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Ritika Jain
- 12 June, 2017
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How the American Dream led to India's IT boom?
In the context of the ongoing global debate on migration policies, this column shows that the H-1B visa programme of the US had a powerful impact on the US IT sector, and played a prominent role in sp...
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Gaurav Khanna Nicolas Morales
- 29 May, 2017
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When windmills tilt: The FRBM debate?
In this article, Dr Pronab Sen presents his views on the ongoing debate on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.
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Pronab Sen
- 08 May, 2017
- Perspectives
Highway network designs and regional economic development
The Indian National Highway Development Project and its components such as the Golden Quadrilateral or the North-South and East-West corridors are planned to alleviate constraints due to insufficient...
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Simon Alder
- 03 April, 2017
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Community origins of industrial entrepreneurship: Theory and historical evidence from India
The transition from agriculture to trade and the subsequent transition from trade to manufacturing are key stages in the development process. In countries where a substantial manufacturing sector exis...
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Bishnupriya Gupta Dilip Mookherjee Kaivan Munshi
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
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...
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Natalie Bau Jesse Schreger
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
On India's latest GDP numbers
India’s latest GDP data shows that the economy grew at 7% in the previous quarter, despite demonetisation. In this article, Abhijit Banerjee discusses why the new numbers are likely to be an overest...
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Abhijit Banerjee
- 25 March, 2017
- Perspectives
The dangers that lie beneath India's IT layoffs
The ongoing layoffs in India’s IT sector are at a scale that has not been seen since the global financial crisis of 2008. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics at LSE, contends t...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
- 24 March, 2017
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Land acquisition and corporate investment: Legacy of historical land ceiling legislations?
Firms in India often find it difficult to purchase land, resulting in projects being delayed, relocated, or cancelled. Analysing firm- and state-level data, this column explores the impact of post-in...
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Sarmistha Pal Tiago Pinheiro Zoya Saher
- 23 March, 2017
- Perspectives
How India can reduce the size of its black economy
In this article, Parag Waknis contends that if the Indian government is serious about addressing the black economy, fundamental changes in the structure and organisation of the economy and politics ar...
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Parag Waknis
- 20 March, 2017
- Perspectives
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Renewable energy and India's future
In the world’s second-most populous country, it is unsurprising that the topic of energy supply should be a key issue – and, in particular, its sustainability. This column completes a series on I...
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