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    Pande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good
    … Pande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good … Pande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good Automating systems for disclosure may be the best option … Pande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good …
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    PayDash: Improving digital governance of direct benefit transfers in India
    … Can reconfiguring how data is presented and provided to government officials improve social protection for vulnerable … and improve governance teaser_verticalPande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good teaser_verticalBCURE Case: Data transparency in India's …
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    An Inclusion Economics team member showing the PayDash application to a government official in India
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    Rising fertilizer prices hit developing countries hard
    … Rwanda imports all of their inorganic fertilizer and the government plays an important role in the market through … to 13 billion francs in 2022). Taking the global shock and government response in tandem, Rwandan farmers paid 70% more … villages. For instance, the Figure 3 below plots the government-recommended level of fertilizer for potatoes in …
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    Measuring local governance capacity in Nepal
    … local governance capacity in Nepal Can decentralizing government power to local officials remedy long-standing … more inclusive economic development. Can decentralizing government power to local officials remedy long-standing … and accelerating climate breakdown, a responsive local government with the ability to implement adaptation plans …
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    Strengthening Female Representation in Nepal’s Local Governments
    … on the important achievements of 2017. This is not only good for social justice, it is also good for parties seeking to win elections. A large number of … trust is growing. All of this suggests that they have a good chance of winning in many constituencies. The parties …
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    Villagers in Nepal (Vestal)
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    Rohini Pande in the Deccan Herald
    … do we pick out one person when so many others are doing good work? Read more at the Deccan Herald   Rohini Pande in … do we pick out one person when so many others are doing good work? Read more at the Deccan Herald   11596 By R … do we pick out one person when so many others are doing good work? Read more at the Deccan Herald In the News …
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    Rohini - Deccan Herald
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    Event recap: Last-Mile Innovations for Inclusive Governance: Research and Policy Symposium
    … Economics India Centre hosted 70 guests representing government, academia, multilaterals, non-governmental … providing timely information to time-constrained local government officials and reducing households’ time spent … marginalized women. The team is now working with a State Government to scale an updated version of this solution in …
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    Transparent policy-making makes people less cynical of their government
    … policy-making makes people less cynical of their government … policy-making makes people less cynical of their government Rohini Pande of EGC's and Michael Callen of EPoD … But if instead you emphasized the potential of doing good in the community, people were much more likely to file …
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    Head shots of Rohini Pande and Michael Callen Pratik Rayamajhi, Republica
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    Is contract risk slowing down the green revolution?
    … their bills and others were intermediated by the central government. He finds that state-level solar auctions – compared to those intermediated by the central government – result in higher prices and less investment. The … higher than in auctions intermediated by the central government. Intermediation eliminates counterparty risk …
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    Solar panels at HUDA City Centre, Gurgaon Rsrikanth05, CC BY-SA 4, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore in The Indian Express: In times of pandemic, PDS shops should provide rations to all
    … There is sound policy that can be built on. The Central government has extended the provision of extra rations of … wheat/rice and one kg of pulses through November, making good use of its abundant grain stocks. Many state governments … transfers to school children is one such example. And, a good monsoon points to the potential for bumper crops. Read …
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    two men working in a ration shop