… an RTI is not always an innocuous act. Exposing corruption can make you enemies, and accounts abound of RTI users and … of information laws around the world are examples of how governments offer transparency, but passively. The … Rohini Pande's address on India's carbon markets Related people Charity Troyer Moore Rohini Pande … Charity Troyer …

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… mini conference consisted of three parts:  Labor market: How do norms interact with the labor market? Social norms: … Economics. Learn more The Simon Kuznets Memorial Lecture Series Related Events Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard Kennedy … Power of Social Factors in the Development Process Related people Rohini Pande … Looking Back on the 2023 Kuznets …

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… organizations gathered on August 3, 2023, in Bengaluru, India, to discuss steps to allow women greater access to the … the potential for inclusive growth, we must align on how economic inclusion and empowerment are conceptualized in … One question that must be asked is how these women can be matched into appropriate work, and how the migration …

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… have been documented in many lower-income countries. EGC affiliate Kaivan Munshi and Swapnil Singh provide a … growth In the first installment of EGC’s “In Conversation” series – pairing Yale economics faculty with different … Equality Newsletter Issue #7: Women in Leadership Related people Rohini Pande Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Ilse …

… on enabling women to join the workforce, as gaining a wage can increase women's intra-household authority and lower the … should Indian women go to work? Many reports talk about how talent is misallocated when women don’t work especially … can drive the growth of emerging economies Related people Rohini Pande … Kavitha Iyer … by  Kavitha Iyer … …

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