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Ashok Kotwal

On demonetisation
Posted on: 23 Dec 2016

On the evening of 8 November, the Prime Minister announced on national television that Rs. ... read on »

Introduction to e-Symposium: The GDP conundrum
Posted on: 16 Nov 2016

Ever since India’s Central Statistical Organisation came out with the new GDP series with ... read on »

Introduction to e-Symposium: The idea of a universal basic income in the Indian context
Posted on: 26 Sep 2016

The idea of an unconditional basic income given to all citizens by the State, has caught o ... read on »

Debate: The Aadhaar Bill
Posted on: 02 May 2016

In a debate on the Aadhaar Bill, commentators from academia and civil society will ... read on »

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Middleman margins and market structure in West Bengal potato supply chains
Sandip Mitra , Dilip Mookherjee , Maximo Torero , Sujata Visaria
Posted on: 22 Sep 2017

Topics: Trade , Agriculture

Tags: West Bengal

Potato farmers in West Bengal sell to local middlemen because they lack direct access to wholesale markets. Middleman margins are large and there is negligible pass-through from wholesale to farm-gate prices. Farmers are uninformed about downstream wholesale and retail prices. This column finds that providing farmers with wholesale price information has negligible average effects on farm-gate sales and revenues, but increases pass-through from wholesale to farm-gate prices.
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Draft social security code: Will it help informal workers?
Sharmila Kantha
Posted on: 21 Sep 2017

Topics: Jobs

Tags: manufacturing

Labour law reform is considered as a key requirement for creation of new jobs as well as greater formalisation of existing jobs in India. In March this year, the Ministry of Labour and Employment brought out the draft social security code to amalgamate several Central labour laws and extend employment security to all workers. In this article, Sharmila Kantha discusses the positive features and practical aspects of the legislation.
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Three barriers that make it hard for policymakers to use the evidence that development researchers produce
Michael Callen , Adnan Khan , Asim Ijaz Khwaja , Asad Liaqat , Emily Myers
Posted on: 20 Sep 2017

Topics: Political Economy

Tags: bureaucracy , public service delivery , Pakistan

There has been a surge in policy research globally over the past two decades that is geared to promote evidence-based policymaking. But can policymakers put this evidence to use? Based on a survey of civil servants in India and Pakistan, this column finds that simply presenting evidence to policymakers doesn’t necessarily improve their decision-making.
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Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur: Why has vaccination failed to make an impact?
Kaushik Bharati
Posted on: 18 Sep 2017

Topics: Health

Tags: child health , healthcare , Uttar Pradesh

Vaccination is the mainstay of prevention strategies for Japanese encephalitis – the child killer disease that recently caused many deaths in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. In this article, Dr Kaushik Bharati discusses why the vaccine drive in India has failed to reach its full potential in the fight against the disease, and what can be done about it.
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Role of common pool resources
Nirali Bakhla
Posted on: 15 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender , Health , Agriculture

Tags: public service delivery , malnutrition , Bihar , Odisha

Absence of effective public service delivery and well-functioning markets makes the rural poor highly dependent on common pool resources such as forests and water resources for their livelihoods. In this note, Nirali Bakhla discusses the importance of these resources for poor women in particular.

This is the fifth post of a five-part series.
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Role of seasonality in food security
Ankita Mondal
Posted on: 14 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender , Health

Tags: malnutrition , food security , gender discrimination , Bihar , Odisha

In this note, Ankita Mondal provides an account of the impact of seasonality on nutrition and livelihoods of the rural poor, especially women.

This is the fourth post of a five-part series.
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Access to healthcare
Udayan Rathore
Posted on: 14 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender , Health

Tags: healthcare , public service delivery , discrimination against women , maternal health , child health , Bihar , Odisha

Access to healthcare is constrained by three key factors – physical access to healthcare facilities, ability to pay, and quality of care. In this note, Udayan Rathore discusses how within poor households, women and children suffer disproportionately more on account of these constraints.

This is the third post of a five-part series.
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Do women really have a say in preparing and providing food?
Sweta Bhusan
Posted on: 13 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender , Health

Tags: malnutrition , gender discrimination , maternal health , child health , Bihar , Odisha

Decision-making capacity of women within the household and in the community is considered to be a reflection of their empowerment. In this note, Sweta Bhusan discusses one dimension of decision-making that revolves around procuring, preparing and serving food to household members.

This is the second post of a five-part series.
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Women empowerment in nutrition: Ideas of empowerment
Sudha Narayanan
Posted on: 13 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender , Health

Tags: malnutrition , Bihar , Odisha

As part of the ‘Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index’ project, a group of researchers spoke with rural women and community workers from Araria in Bihar, and Ganjam, Rayagada, Kandhmal, and Nayagarh in Odisha, on a range of issues around women’s empowerment, agriculture, and nutrition. In this note, Sudha Narayanan discusses how women in resource-constrained rural settings perceive the idea of empowerment, and the gap between their perception and the wider conceptualisation of empowerment.

This is the first post of a five-part series.
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How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls
S. Anukriti , Sonia Bhalotra , Hiu Fung Tam
Posted on: 11 Sep 2017

Topics: Gender

Tags: gender discrimination , maternal health , child health

The introduction of ultrasound technology in India has been documented to have led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. However, this column finds that it also decreased son-biased fertility stopping, narrowed gender gaps in breastfeeding and immunisation, and improved the survival chances of girls.
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