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    Empowering Women through Public Policy in Bihar, India
    … Empowering Women through Public Policy in Bihar, India … Ishan Tankha Empowering Women through Public Policy in Bihar, India Can measures to expand women’s access to social protection programs through digital … poor women’s access to government assistance Globally, financial inclusion efforts have helped hundreds of millions …
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    Insights from the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE)
    … and environment.  The workshop began with Stefano Giglio's research on biodiversity economics, showing how species … disease hits the remaining bees. Their analysis of global financial markets showed that countries with higher biodiversity risk already face differential credit default swap responses to environmental news, meaning …
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    Closing gaps at the nexus of gender and climate vulnerability
    … a research collaboration with Google.org and Yuganter - a Bihar-based NGO - that is recruiting women to reach women. by … season, when the floods come, there is fear in everyone’s hearts,” Anjana Kumari said. “There are many kinds of … we have to face.”  Kumari lives in the state of Bihar in eastern India where she is a member of the local …
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    Event recap: Last-Mile Innovations for Inclusive Governance: Research and Policy Symposium
    … Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), India's flagship workfare program. Leveraging available data, the … Android-based flood forecasting and alert system in Bihar . Despite advancements in accuracy and timeliness of … For more details on these studies, check out the policy briefs attached to this page, and stay tuned for updates as …
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    Data From Your Doorstep to Help Map Pollution
    … Data From Your Doorstep to Help Map Pollution Pollution mapping study to understand its dynamics in the capital … Kennedy School and hosted in India by the Institute for Financial Management and Research.  EPoD India, Energy Policy …
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    In Conversation: Costas Meghir and Amer Hasan on early childhood development
    … ECD interventions have been shown to enhance children’s cognitive abilities, language acquisition, and … Kenya. Amer Hasan , Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Education Global Practice, has led research and policy … care: Insights on advancing child development and women’s empowerment ” conference in New Haven. Meghir and Hasan …
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    Including vulnerable communities in extreme weather early warning systems
    … no warning when his village in the Indian state of Bihar was flooded in 2022. “The river herself tells us when … one where Jogender lives. South Asia is home to the world's  largest population  exposed to riverine flooding, and as India’s  most flood-prone state , Bihar is under constant threat of flooding.  In surveys we …
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    EGC Celebrates the Class of 2025, their achievements and future plans
    … Google Flood Alerts early warning system intervention in Bihar, India. After graduation, he will pursue PhD at the … thrilled to have you work with us on a variety of policy briefs and sharpen our outreach around gender issues in … to seeing all that you will accomplish."  - Lucy Page, IE Postdoctoral Associate "It was such a pleasure to work …
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    Michael Peters quoted in Financial Times: "Is creative destruction on the decline?"
    … Michael Peters quoted in Financial Times: "Is creative destruction on the decline?" … January 6, 2025 | In the News Michael Peters quoted in Financial Times: "Is creative destruction on the decline?" EGC affiliate Michael Peters is cited in a Financial Times op-ed examining if policymakers can raise …
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    Using Community-led Audits to Improve Social Protection in India
    … Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – the world’s largest social assistance program, which has been shown to … and expanding access to those who need the program most. Bihar has made impressive progress in implementing and … Inclusion Economics India Centre at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) Evidence for Policy …
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    Development Dialogues: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?
    … Rosenzweig, and Christopher Udry dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low … technologies are used. The discussion explores the nuanced landscape of African agriculture with panelists Gérardine … current research examines technological change, risk and financial markets, gender and households, property rights, …
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