Ideas for development Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity Public Economics Robin Burgess Published 08.08.18
Climate change and Indian agriculture Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas Agriculture Siddharth Hari Parth Khare Arvind Subramanian Published 06.08.18
Why are Indian men surprisingly reluctant to cross state borders? India’s system of ‘fragmented entitlements’, whereby state residents get preferential treatment by the state government, hinders internal migration Migration & Urbanisation Zovanga Kone Maggie Y. Liu Aaditya Mattoo Çağlar Özden Siddharth Sharma Published 27.07.18
Achieving meaningful impact through aid Collaborating with local partners and responding to country needs are essential for aid to be effective Institutions & Political Economy Rachel Glennerster Published 18.07.18
Why is labour mobility in India so low? Rural insurance networks in India incentivise adult males to remain in villages, contributing to the country’s low rural-to-urban migration rates Migration & Urbanisation Kaivan Munshi Mark Rosenzweig Published 16.07.18
Congestion pricing to solve traffic jams in Bangalore: Not so fast! Congestion pricing is not as effective in reducing travel times as one might presume Infrastructure Gabriel Kreindler Published 29.06.18
Evidence to practice: Context-based data collection Robin Burgess, director of the IGC, talks about the importance of careful data collection and the structure of civil service.* Institutions & Political Economy Robin Burgess Published 03.06.18
Measuring the equilibrium impacts of credit: Evidence from the Indian microfinance crisis Revoking access to microcredit was costly – and not just for the households that borrowed Finance Emily Breza Cynthia Kinnan Published 22.06.18
Do management interventions last? Management interventions are shown to have significant and positive short-term effects. But do these effects still persist 8 years later? Firms Nicholas Bloom Published 13.06.18
