11 September, 2023Effects of climate shocks on sectoral inequality
Over the last three decades, agricultural and industrial sector workers have suffered consumption losses due to temperature rise while those in the services sector saw consumption increases. This arti...
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Raavi Aggarwal 
10 August, 2023
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Effects of climate shocks on sectoral inequality
Over the last three decades, agricultural and industrial sector workers have suffered consumption losses due to temperature rise while those in the services sector saw consumption increases. This arti...
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Raavi Aggarwal
- 10 August, 2023
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Keeping development at the forefront of India’s long-term climate strategy
India’s Long Term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) sets out multiple low-carbon transitions, highlighting that climate action will be intimately tied to developmental processes. In this ...
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Parth Bhatia Mandakini Chandra Navroz K. Dubash Aman Srivastava
- 05 June, 2023
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US-China relations: Role reversal will slow climate change
This column proposes a new approach to climate change that involves China, and eventually other developing countries, offering inducements to the West to take steps to foster a private-sector led gree...
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Aaditya Mattoo Arvind Subramanian
- 23 January, 2013
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Eliminating Delhi's November smog
Around this time every year, the air in Delhi becomes almost unbearable. As politicians and the press point fingers, this column offers up a happy solution.
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Ridhima Gupta E. Somanathan
- 14 December, 2012
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The Clean Development Mechanism in India – is it working?
The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol allows developing countries to profit from climate friendly projects, and India is second only to China in using the mechanism to help reduce its ...
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Johannes Urpelainen
- 01 October, 2012
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Climate Volatility Change and Precautionary Behaviour
Climate change has generated much attention. Upward trends in average temperature are well documented facts. Relatively less studies have been undertaken on the impact of the increase in climate volat...
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Giacomo De Giorgi Luigi Pistaferri
- 30 September, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Rapid Response on institutional reform of minor irrigation department in conjunction with CEEW
The project was carried out on the request of Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resource Department (MWRD), Government of Bihar on how to reform the MWRD. The study used different parmeters to assess t...
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Arunabha Ghosh Ranu Sinha Rudresh K. Sugam
- 01 July, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Has environmental regulation been successful in India?
India has an impressive number of environmental regulations – but have they been a success? This column presents evidence that while initiatives such as catalytic converters for cars have reduced ai...
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Michael Greenstone Rema Hanna
- 16 May, 2012
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Strengthening the Institutional Framework for Flood and Water Resources Management in Bihar: Developing a Strategy for Reform (Phase 1)
This project aims to shape policies related to the institutional framework of flood and water resources in the state of Bihar. Based on the analysis and recommendations made, this project aims to redu...
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Martin Burton Ranu Sinha Ghanshyam Tiwari
- 01 May, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Strengthening the Institutional Framework for flood and water resources management in Bihar: Developing a strategy for reform'-- Phase 2
Phase 2 of the study attempts to go beyond merely identifying challenges facing Bihar's WRD and spell out reforms and organisational challenges that are required to strengthen the Government of Bihar'...
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Martin Burton Ranu Sinha Ghanshyam Tiwari
- 01 May, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Emissions Trading as an Environmental Innovation in India: Measuring the Policy Impact on Emissions and Abatement Costs
Growth in developing countries has improved living standards of millions, but has led to high pollution concentrations and serious public health damages. Market-based environmental regulation can redu...
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Michael Greenstone Rohini Pande Nicholas Ryan Anant Sudarshan
- 31 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Improving Urban Air Quality in India: Lessons from the Kolkata Clean Air Regulations of 2009
This paper analyses the change in the economic returns of auto-rickshaw drivers in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), roughly one year after they were required to shift to using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG...
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Parikshit Ghosh Rohini Somanathan
- 01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Maternal and Infant Health in India
This project examines the impact of fertiliser agrichemicals in water on infant and child health using data on water quality combined with data on the health outcomes of infants and children from the ...
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Elizabeth Brainerd Nidhiya Menon
- 01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
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It is believed that much of the pollution in Delhi in November every year originates in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana where farmers burn their fields to dispose of crop residue. This ...
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Has environmental regulation been successful in India?
India has an impressive number of environmental regulations – but have they been a success? This column presents evidence that while initiatives such as catalytic converters for cars have reduced ai...
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