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National Nutrition Mission: Will it harmonise with India’s health and nutrition agenda?

India is home to 31% of all stunted children and half of all wasted children across the globe. Lately it took a major step in the direction of holistically addressing the mammoth multidimensional prob...

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Rapid Response on Setting Commercial Tax Targets

The project was carried out on the request of Principal Secretary, Department of Commercial taxes, Government of Bihar. It demonstrates what needs to be done to set district-wise commercial tax target...

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Understanding Career Choice in a Developing Country: Reading the Mind of High School Students in Cities of India?

The main objective of this project is to understand the process in which students choose their career path. In particular, what are the factors that play a role in the decision-making process? Are stu...

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Evaluating Economic and Administrative Linkages in Determining Firm’s Location Choice in Hajipur (Bihar)

The purpose of this project is to understand the rationales of firms’ location choice in which complex decision making mechanisms are manifested by various factors. This project attempts to understand...

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Do urban politicians discriminate against internal migrants? Evidence from a nationwide field experiment in India

In recent decades, the global south has witnessed an explosive increase in the number of people relocating from rural to urban areas. Yet many migrants struggle to integrate into destination cities, f...

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Rural-urban migration in Bihar

Over the last decade, Bihar has experienced rapid economic growth and increasing urbanisation. The purpose of this project was to investigate the patterns of migration in Bihar. The study found that m...

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Taking other religions seriously: A comparative survey of Hindus in India

While the study of religion in political science has re-emerged as a growing field of inquiry in the past few decades, most research still focuses on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What religion is...

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किसान क्रेडिट कार्ड कार्यक्रम: ऋण की उपलब्ध्ता का विस्तार या ऋण का प्रसार?

किसान क्रेडिट कार्ड कार्यक्रम – भारत में कृषि उधार में एक महत्वपूर्ण सुधार – का आरम्भ हुए लगभग 20 वर्ष हो गए हैं। हालांकि, लक्षित लाभार्थियों पर इसके प्रभाव का थोड़ा अनुभवजन्य साक्ष्य है। इस लेख में प...

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Like father, like son? The economic impacts of political dynasties in India

Political dynasties remain ubiquitous in democratic countries even though many societies democratised to end hereditary rule. This article studies how dynastic politics affects economic development in...

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I4I Event: What is the way forward for the Indian economy?

On Tuesday, 18 December 2018, I4I is organising a Panel Discussion on ‘The Way forward for the Indian economy’, in Delhi. The panellists are K.P. Krishnan (Ministry of Skill Development and Entreprene...

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Indian economy: High performer or Potemkin village?

The recent schizophrenic commentary on the health of the Indian economy raises questions on the true state: Is India doing really well or are we just seeing an impressive facade? In this post, Amartya...

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क्या कृषि ऋण की माफी इतनी बुरी है?

विभिन्न राज्य सरकारों द्वारा विभिन्न हदों तक कृषि ऋणों की माफी के आशय की घोषणाओं की मीडिया और अन्य टिप्पणीकारों द्वारा सख्त आलोचना की गई है। इस आलेख में डॉ. प्रनब सेन ने उन दावों की वैधता की जांच की ह...

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