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    Understanding Barriers to Women’s Mobile Use in Low-Income Settings
    Understanding Barriers to Women’s Mobile Use in Low-Income Settings … PS Danwar, Photoshare Understanding Barriers to Women’s Mobile Use in Low-Income Settings What policies can close India's digital gender gap, and what does this mean for women’s broader …
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    Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer?
        Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer? … July 5, 2018 | News Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer? Public disclosure of information can make a difference in plugging the information void. Uppili Venkat …
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    A color image of several smoke stacks. Uppili Venkat Ragavan, Photoshare
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    The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women
    By Bill and Melinda Gates. Originally published by  Evidence for Policy Design , March 22, 2018.   The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women … March 22, 2018 | News The Benefits of Financial Autonomy for India's Rural Women In an …
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    Farmer Payments to Reduce Crop Burning in India
    Farmer Payments to Reduce Crop Burning in India … Farmer Payments to Reduce Crop Burning in India Can payments to farmers reduce crop-burning that causes negative environmental externalities? The team at Inclusion Economics has evaluated how a payment for …
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    Why Aren’t India’s Women Working?
    This article first appeared in the New York Times on August 23, 2015.   Why Aren’t India’s Women Working? … August 23, 2015 | News Why Aren’t India’s Women Working? As India’s economy grows, its female labor force participation is falling. Assa Ariyoshi …
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    Illustration of woman working in the kitchen wearing her graduation regalia. Assa Ariyoshi
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    Improving Transparency to Reduce Industrial Air Pollution in India
    Improving Transparency to Reduce Industrial Air Pollution in India … Improving Transparency to Reduce Industrial Air Pollution in India Can providing public information about factory pollution incentivize businesses to reduce their environmental …
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    Targeting Payments to Preserve Community Forests in India
    Targeting Payments to Preserve Community Forests in India … Inclusion Economics Targeting Payments to Preserve Community Forests in India Can risk predictions used to target payments to landowners increase forest conservation? The team at Inclusion …
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    Image showing community forests in the Indian state of Meghalaya Inclusion Economics
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    Skill India: Innovating for India's young women
    Skill India: Innovating for India's young women … IndianFaces, Shutterstock Skill India: Innovating for India's young women Each year, millions of young adults in emerging economies look for jobs, but fail to find work. Can governments help these youth …
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    Innovations for Inclusive Banking in Rural Tamil Nadu
    Innovations for Inclusive Banking in Rural Tamil Nadu … EPoD Harvard Innovations for Inclusive Banking in Rural Tamil Nadu Across the world, the rural poor struggle to access formal financial services - like bank accounts, loans, and insurance - that …
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    A small lime-green building with an open storefront serves as a rural bank. EPoD Harvard
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    Luke Strathmann
    Luke Strathmann is a Senior Writer, Editor, and Communications Officer, working across the Department of Economics and its three research centers. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Points in Case, Slackjaw, 251, and the Weekly …
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    Rohini Pande wins the 2022 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences
    Rohini Pande recognized by the Infosys Science Foundation for research "of great value to all emerging economies" January 10, 2023 ​Rohini Pande has been awarded the 2022 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences, among the largest awards in India recognizing …
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    Rohini Pande