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Economic dynamics of natural disasters: Evidence from the Kerala floods

To understand the economic impact of natural disasters, this article uses the 2018 floods in Kerala – a time when it received higher rainfall than the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ¬...

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I4I@10 | Emerging from Covid-19: Challenges and solutions

As India emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, economists will have to rethink how they understand the Indian economy in context of global volatilities. In this panel, moderated by Amartya Lahiri, Viral...

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Land misallocation and industrial development

Although a large share of land in India is used for cultivation, large tracts of this are unproductive and produce low crop yields. In this post, Dasgupta and Rao explain their calculations to determi...

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Budget 2023-24: Some good and no harm

Following the budget speech, Deepak Mishra weighs in on the extent to which the three goals of higher growth, better distribution, and stability were met. He discusses the Finance Minister’s success i...

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आर्थिक रूप से कमजोर वर्ग हेतु आरक्षण को कुशलतापूर्वक क्रियान्वित करने की चुनौतियाँ

हाल ही में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के एक फैसले के अनुसार आरक्षित श्रेणियों के सदस्यों को ईडब्ल्यूएस (आर्थिक रूप से कमजोर वर्ग) के दायरे से बाहर कर दिया गया है। आयगुन, तुरहान और येनमेज़ इस निर्णय के निहितार्थों ...

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Budget 2023-24: A wish list of priorities

Ahead of the release of the Union Budget for FY2023-24, Chetan Subramanian reveals his expectations about the government’s key priorities and how they could balance multiple objectives. He discusses t...

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I4I@10 | First Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: The future of development

What is the 'fourth' fundamental law of capitalism? Will capital ‘inherit the earth’? Has the pandemic quickened the intuitive appeal of the capital-labour substitution? Should sovereign funds be base...

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Creative destruction and catch-up growth in India

In this post, Peters and Zilibotti compare the size of firms in India and the US, and find that the 90% of firms in India have four employees or less, and attribute it to the absence of creative destr...

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Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India

Irrigation projects across India are intended to boost agricultural productivity and rural development. In this post, Blakeslee et al. study the long-run effects of access to irrigation on the composi...

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गवर्नेंस मैट्रिक्स: बदलाव हेतु सिस्टम की तैयारी को समझना

आदर्श परिणामों की अपेक्षा और किसी अपूर्ण प्रणाली की वास्तविकता के बीच के अंतर को स्पष्ट करने हेतु गौरव गोयल ने ‘गवर्नेंस मैट्रिक्स’ नामक एक ऐसा साधन प्रस्तुत किया है जिसका उपयोग सरकारी पहलों को सफलताप...

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Is open defecation still prevalent in rural north India?

In an attempt to understand open defecation in four focus states in the aftermath of the Swachh Bharat Mission, Vyas and Gupta evaluate the findings of the NFHS-5. They note that the NFHS is likely to...

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The promise of technology for women’s employment

The growth of digital labour platforms holds tremendous potential to improve employment outcomes for India’s young, urban population. In this post, Farzana Afridi discusses the challenges in leveragin...

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