Tag Search: “political economy”
'Cry, the Beloved Country': Mending Punjab's economy
The growth rate of Punjab, which once ranked among India’s most affluent states, is slowing. In this article, Nirvikar Singh, who holds the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair of Sikh and Punjabi Studies at U...
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Nirvikar Singh
11 February, 2015
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Big and small ideas in development economics: Theory, evidence and practice
Karthik Muralidharan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego speaks with Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and former Chief Economic A...
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Kaushik Basu
Karthik Muralidharan
03 February, 2015
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Women leaders and deceptive behaviour
Are women in leadership positions more dishonest than men? Based on an artefactual field experiment in rural Bihar, this column finds that women in leadership positions deceive more than men, especia...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
29 January, 2015
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India's macroeconomic outlook
With falling inflation, high forex reserves and the new government embarking on a broad reform agenda, things seem to be looking up for India. In this article, Eswar Prasad shares his macroeconomic o...
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Eswar Prasad
16 December, 2014
- Perspectives
Building state capacity for better programme implementation: Lessons from the Andhra Pradesh Smartcard Programme
Biometric payment systems are posited to reduce leakages in public welfare programmes but there is limited evidence on their effectiveness. This column presents evidence on the impact of the Andhra P...
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Karthik Muralidharan
Paul Niehaus
Sandip Sukhtankar
03 December, 2014
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What's the plan for MNREGA?
The new government’s plans to scale back MNREGA have elicited a mixed response. In this article, Abhijit Banerjee contends that both supporters and critics, and indeed the entire nation, deserve to be...
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Abhijit Banerjee
02 December, 2014
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The Bihar story: Resurrection of the state
In the not so distant past, the Indian state of Bihar was a byword for corruption, lawlessness, poverty, and absence of governance. Over the last decade or so, the state has demonstrated a remarkable ...
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Jitan Manjhi
26 November, 2014
- Perspectives
The Planning Commission and federal transfers
A key function of the Planning Commission was to allocate financial assistance from the centre to the states in support of the five-year plan. In view of the impending replacement of the Planning Com...
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Antra Bhatt Hakhu
20 November, 2014
- Perspectives
Politics and MNREGA: A limited Link in Andhra Pradesh
The Ministry of Rural Development claims that MNREGA needs to be changed in order to reduce politics and corruption in the scheme. One of the studies cited by the Ministry is an analysis of the exten...
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Christopher B. Barrett
Yanyan Liu
Sudha Narayanan
Megan Sheahan
19 November, 2014
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MNREGA's swan song: Not everyone's idea of achche din
Over the last few months, the central government announced a set of measures to restrict MNREGA. The rationale essentially revolves around corruption in the scheme and lack of economic viability. In ...
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Amitava Gupta
14 November, 2014
- Perspectives
(Mis)Leading attack on MNREGA
Bhagwati and Panagariya have argued for phasing out MNREGA in favour of cash transfers. In this article, Abreu et al. contend that the argument is based on inflating the costs of the programme and de...
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Dilip Abreu
Pranab Bardhan
Maitreesh Ghatak
Ashok Kotwal
Dilip Mookherjee
Debraj Ray
12 November, 2014
- Perspectives
Slow and steady: Lessons from MNREGA
As the new government in India is considering changes to MNREGA, it is timely to reflect on its implementation trajectory so far. In this note, Adhikari and Sabhikhi discuss five aspects of programme...
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Anindita Adhikari
Inayat Sabhikhi
10 November, 2014
- Notes from the Field