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Jean Drèze studied Mathematical Economics at the University of Essex and did his Ph.D. at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. He has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics, and is currently Visiting Professor at Ranchi University as well as Honorary Professor at the Delhi School of Economics. He has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public policy, with special reference to India. His research interests include rural development, social inequality, elementary education, child nutrition, health care and food security. Jean Drèze is co-author (with Amartya Sen) of Hunger and Public Action (Oxford University Press, 1989) and An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin, 2013)", and also one of the co-authors of the Public Report on Basic Education in India, also known as “PROBE Report”.
Posts by Jean Drèze
The Covid-19 crisis and food security
India’s national lockdown in 2020, imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19, threw millions of people out of work and sharply reduced earnings for those who remained employed. Based on data from mu...
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Jean Drèze
Anmol Somanchi
21 June, 2021
- Perspectives
ड्यूएट-विकेंद्रीकृत शहरी रोजगार और प्रशिक्षण: संशोधित
सितंबर 2020 में, शहरी रोजगार के लिए ज्यां द्रेज़ का ड्यूएट (विकेंद्रीकृत शहरी रोज़गार एवं प्रशिक्षण) नामक प्रस्ताेव आइडियाज फॉर इंडिया पर प्रस्तु त किया गया था।इसके बाद आयोजित एक गहन परिसंवाद में ख्यात...
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Jean Drèze
30 मार्च, 2021
- दृष्टिकोण
कृषिक्षेत्र के द्वार पर ‘ड्रामा’
नए 'एपीएमसी (एग्रीकल्चर प्रोड्यूस मार्केट कमेटी) बाइपास एक्ट' को 'डुअल रेगुलेशन ऑफ एग्रीकल्चर मार्केटिंग एक्ट' या ‘ड्रामा’ बताते हुए ज्यां द्रेज़ यह तर्क देते हैं कि केंद्र और राज्य सरकारों द्वारा दोहर...
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Jean Drèze
23 मार्च, 2021
- दृष्टिकोण
DUET re-examined
In September 2020, Jean Drèze’s proposal for an urban work programme called DUET (Decentralised Urban Employment and Training) was presented on I4I. This was followed by an extensive symposium in w...
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Jean Drèze
09 March, 2021
- Perspectives
DRAMA at the farm gate
Describing the new ‘APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) Bypass Act’ as a ‘Dual Regulation of Agricultural Marketing Act’ or DRAMA, Jean Drèze argues that the legislation's odd framew...
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Jean Drèze
24 December, 2020
- Perspectives
Balancing corruption and exclusion: Comment on the response
The role of Aadhaar in reducing corruption in the PDS has been highly controversial. In a recent I4I article, Muralidharan et al. summarised the insights of their study of Aadhaar-based biometric auth...
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Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
Anmol Somanchi
19 November, 2020
- Perspectives
Balancing corruption and exclusion: A rejoinder
The role of Aadhaar in reducing corruption in the PDS has been highly controversial. In a recent I4I article, Muralidharan et al. summarised the insights of their study of Aadhaar-based biometric auth...
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Jean Drèze
Reetika Khera
Anmol Somanchi
28 September, 2020
- Perspectives
ड्यूएट: शहरी रोजगार योजना हेतु एक प्रस्ताव
ज्यां द्रेज़ शहरी क्षेत्रों में रियायती सार्वजनिक रोजगार की एक सरल योजना का प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत करते हैं, जो कई सार्वजनिक संस्थानों की खुद की पहल के आधार पर बनाई गई है। ...
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Jean Drèze
16 सितंबर, 2020
- विचार-गोष्ठी
DUET: A proposal for an urban work programme
Jean Drèze presents a proposal for a simple scheme of subsidised public employment in urban areas, generated by multiple public institutions on their own initiative.
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Jean Drèze
09 September, 2020
- Symposium
Webinar: Impact of Covid-19 on informal and migrant workers in India
The International Growth Centre (IGC), in collaboration with I4I, organised a Webinar on 'The impact of Covid-19 on informal and migrant workers in India', with Jean Drèze (Ranchi University), Farzan...
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Farzana Afridi
Jean Drèze
Purnima Menon
Shahid Vaziralli
11 May, 2020
- Perspectives
'न्याय' विचार-गोष्ठी: न्याय से अन्याय न हो
रांची विश्वविद्यालय के विजिटिंग प्रोफेसर ज्यां द्रेज़ ने भारत में सामाजिक सुरक्षा के व्यापक संदर्भ में ‘न्याय’ की भूमिका पर चर्चा की है और इस योजना के लिए कुछ संभावित सिद्धांत प्रस्तावित किए हैं।...
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Jean Drèze
14 मई, 2019
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NYAY e-Symposium: Doing justice to NYAY
Jean Drèze (Visiting Professor, Ranchi University) discusses the role of NYAY in the larger context of social security in India, and proposes some tentative principles for the scheme
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Jean Drèze
01 May, 2019
- Perspectives