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… to clear if it is to successfully improve the financial lives of the rural poor. We have some insights that may be … functionally illiterate, and have little experience with technology. In our study, electronic MGNREGS wage payments … a plan for addressing delays, assigning accountability and using incentives or penalties to motivate fast repair. In …

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… the history, present, and future of gender inequality. I’m using this occasion to reflect on the prospect of leadership … the executive by augmenting the supply of women ministers. Using a difference in-differences approach, the authors … jobs, growth, and women's economic empowerment during the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings, on April 24th and …

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… this pattern for India between 1987 and 2011 — a period during which income per capita increased by a factor of … might be overly pessimistic about such a possibility. Using a new methodology that allows us to infer productivity … increase? In our study, we estimate this elasticity using micro data on consumption expenditures and incorporate …

… his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. and M.C.P. degrees at the University of … and a B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology. Related publications Kaivan Munshi changes lanes …

This article appeared on Scroll.In on December 24, 2015.   To train 10 lakh Indians a week, the Skill India initiative needs a wider net … December 24, 2015 | News To train 10 lakh Indians a week, the Skill India initiative needs a wider net It is unclear …