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Farzana Afridi is Professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) and Visiting Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of education, gender, and more recently, political economy. She holds an abiding interest in understanding the response of individuals and households to public programmes in developing countries. She obtained her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an M.A. in economics from the Delhi School of Economics.