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A conversation on development - I
Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and fo...
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Kaushik Basu
Parikshit Ghosh
03 February, 2016
- Perspectives
Cash to cashless
The RBI is in discussion with the government on ways to reduce cash usage in the economy and to promote the use of cashless instruments. This column presents results from a study that estimates the e...
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Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay
30 November, 2015
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Productivity and competition in India’s brick industry
Firm productivity has long been considered a key driver of economic growth. Yet there is little understanding of why the competition and innovation that fuels productivity growth in the developed worl...
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Parul Agarwal
Daniel Keniston
30 September, 2015
- IGC Research on India
What do we know about corruption in India?
Despite ample media coverage of corruption, there remains a gap between headline-making scandals, policy options under discussion, and the actual evidence base drawn from empirical research on corrup...
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Sandip Sukhtankar
Milan Vaishnav
16 September, 2015
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PDS computerisation: What other states can learn from Kerala
Given the leakage in the Public Distribution System, Indian states are being encouraged to computerise their PDS. This column analyses Kerala’s experience with PDS computerisation and highlights mech...
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Silvia Masiero
06 July, 2015
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Using science to improve Indian agriculture
Five years ago, the Indian government imposed a ‘temporary’ moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal – a genetically modified crop - even after it had passed through the due regulatory proc...
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Robert S. Zeigler
26 June, 2015
- Perspectives
Clicks and editorial decisions: How does popularity shape online news coverage?
Identifying whether newspaper editors focus on what is ‘newsworthy’ or what is ‘trendy’ when choosing stories is important for the design of media regulation. This column shows how the popularity of ...
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Ananya Sen
Pinar Yildirim
18 May, 2015
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Promoting the use of a novel water-saving agricultural technology among Indian farmers
The Met Department has forecasted a below-normal monsoon in India this year. This column analyses the demand for a water-saving agricultural technology — laser land levelling — among farmers in Uttar...
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Anil Bhargava
Kajal Gulati
Travis J. Lybbert
Nicholas Magnan
David J. Spielman
28 April, 2015
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The financial inclusion agenda and Aadhaar
The central government is pushing financial inclusion in a big way. In this article, MS Sriram discusses the role of identity in financial inclusion, and the importance of Aadhaar in this context. He...
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MS Sriram
18 March, 2015
- Perspectives
'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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The Benefits of Solar Technology Adoption for Street Vendors in Bihar
This project evaluates the socio-economic impact of distributing solar lighting to street vendors in urban Bihar, in collaboration with a local civil society organization (NIDAN). The findings of the...
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David Szakonyi
Johannes Urpelainen
31 January, 2015
- IGC Research on India