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Bansi Malde

University of Kent
B.K.Malde@kent.ac.uk

Bansi Malde is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Kent and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Her research agenda focuses on understanding the determinants of child health, and the design of effective policies and programs to improve these outcomes; and the role of social networks in shaping behaviour and outcomes, including mutual insurance and adoption of new technologies and practices, in low-income settings. Her research has been published in leading economics journals including the Economic Journal and the Journal of Development Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from University College London.

 

Posts by Bansi Malde

To invest in sanitation or not? The role of gender differences in perceptions

Although sanitation is essential for health, many households remain without a toilet due to financial constraints. This article describes the extent to which perceptions of costs and benefits of sanit...

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Using personalised information delivery to improve uptake of emergency government benefits

Although many governments introduced additional benefits as part of existing welfare schemes for Covid-19 relief, there is often a significant gap between the introduction of, and access to these bene...

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वर्गीकृत ऋण और स्वच्छता संबंधी निवेश

ग्रामीण भारतीय परिवार शौचालय बनवाने का खर्च वहन नहीं कर पाने को शौचालय नहीं बनवाने का मुख्य कारण बताते हैं। इस लेख में ग्रामीण महाराष्ट्र के एक प्रयोग के जरिए जांच की गई है कि स्वच्छता के लिए वर्गीकृत...

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Labelled loans and sanitation investments

Rural Indian households report lack of affordability as the main reason for not having a toilet. This article investigates – through an experiment in rural Maharashtra – whether microcredit labell...

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