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Anjini Kochar

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
anjinikochar@gmail.com

Anjini Kochar is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). Prior to joining 3ie in 2022, she was the Director of the India Program at the Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Stanford University and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Stanford University. Her research focuses on the micro-economics of development, and specifically on issues related to education, health, credit, population, inequality and the effectiveness of government programs. 

Dr Kochar received her PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago.

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बिहार में स्वयं-सहायता समूहों के माध्यम से जोखिम साझा करने की सुविधा

यह देखते हुए कि बिहार में स्वयं सहायता समूह (एसएचजी) कार्यक्रम से महिलाओं की कम ब्याज़-दर वाले ऋण तक पहुँच में सुधार हुआ है, इस लेख में उपभोग वृद्धि के गाँव-स्तरीय भिन्नता में अंतर की जांच करके इस बात ...

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Facilitating risk-sharing through self-help groups in Bihar

While the self-help group (SHG) programme in Bihar has improved access to low-cost credit for women, this article evaluates whether it improves risk-sharing by examining differences in village-level v...

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वित्तीय पहुंच परिवारों में महिलाओं की निर्णय लेने की भूमिका को कैसे प्रभावित करती है

महिलाओं को वित्तीय सहायता तक पहुंच प्रदान करने वाले सरकारी कार्यक्रमों द्वारा दी जाने वाली सहायता अक्सर इतनी कम होती है कि जिससे महिलाओं की उनके परिवार में आर्थिक स्थिति में कोई महत्वपूर्ण बदलाव नहीं ...

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How financial access impacts women’s decision-making role in households

Government programmes which grant women access to financial support often provide assistance which is too small to significantly impact women’s economic position within the household. This article u...

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अपेक्षित आय समर्थन तथा शिशु स्वास्थ्य

भारत सरकार के मातृत्व सहायता कार्यक्रम - प्रधानमंत्री मातृ वंदना योजना- का उद्देश्य ग्रामीण भारत में गर्भवती महिलाओं और स्तनपान कराने वाली माताओं को आय सहायता मुहैया कराना है। इस लेख में बिहार में चला...

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Expected income support and child health

Government of India’s maternity support programme – Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – seeks to provide income support to pregnant women and lactating mothers in rural India. Evaluating the p...

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Maternal Hours of Work during Pregnancy: An Evaluation of a CCT Programme in India

The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) aimed at expectant mothers in the informal sector, aiming to provide the income to enable a reduction in work hour...

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Teacher accountability and assessment of student learning levels

Research has found that holding teachers accountable to the local community has scant impact on student learning. Based on a survey of government schools in Karnataka, this column suggests that this ...

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Delivering health services through schools in rural India

Given that India has better infrastructure for schooling relative to healthcare, and near universal primary school enrolment rates, many believe that providing basic health services through schools ra...

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Improving Child Health and Schooling

This project collected information on whether the child received a health report card (and checkup), as well as attendance data for that child for each month of the school year. Combining this with in...

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Misguided policy and school inequality in rural India

Despite government efforts, stark inequality in India’s schools persists, particularly in rural areas. This column argues that the failure may lie in policy design – rather than helping the worst ...

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