23 May, 2022Automation and inequality
Public discourse around automation has seen some take a fairly alarmist view – with concerns around its impact on employment, wages, the labour share of national income, and inequality. Others take ...
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Dilip Mookherjee Pascual Restrepo 
04 May, 2022
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Inequality, labour market trends, and the welfare State
All around the world, rising levels of inequality – particularly in the last 3-4 decades – have been recognised as a major issue. In this context, David Green (University of British Columbia) and ...
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Parikshit Ghosh David Green
- 14 October, 2021
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Temperature, labour reallocation, and industrial production
While it is well-established that agricultural production is vulnerable to weather shocks, less is known about how those affected respond or the economic consequences of any responses. Analysing data ...
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Jonathan Colmer
- 13 April, 2022
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Intervention design of Integrated Performance Management System (IPMS) for ICDS
Leakages from the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) have compromised the effectiveness of the programme. The study proposed a new design for an effective monitoring system for the ICDS progra...
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Ronald Abraham Andrew Fraker
- 15 September, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Schematic Natural Hazard Zonation of Bihar using Geoinformatics
The objective of this prooject was to understand the occurrence of natural hazards in Bihar. The output of this project may act as a basis for the formulation of Natural Hazards Preparedness Plan to m...
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Tuhin Ghosh Anirban Mukhopadhyay
- 01 February, 2013
- IGC Research on India
Manufacturing, management and mysteries
The private sector is crucial to India’s development. This column asks how it can be more effective. Looking at a large sample of Indian manufacturers it suggests that what many firms may be missing...
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Nirvikar Singh
- 27 July, 2012
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About a third of the total area of Tripura is covered by bamboo, and bamboo has emerged as a key thrust area for the state’s industrial development. Based on a field visit that was undertaken to stu...
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