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Saumitra Jha

Stanford Graduate School of Business
saumitra@stanford.edu

Saumitra Jha is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focusses upon understanding the effectiveness of organisations and innovations that societies have developed to address the problems of violence and political risk in the past and to develop new lessons for contemporary policy.

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Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India

Colonial rule in India culminated in the birth of two nations, forcing the displacement of millions. This column analyses the economic and political consequences of the Partition in 1947. It finds tha...

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