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    BCURE Case: Data transparency in India's flagship social protection program
    … McIntyre     This article first appeared in  Evidence for Policy Design  in November 2016. Development programs, even … the ministry that administers the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA, called it … who in 2013 was Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) which administers MGNREGA, describes …
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    Balasai Vanukuri
    Balasai Vanukuri served as a Postgraduate Associate at EGC from July 2021 to July 2022, working on projects in gender portfolio based in Raipur and Gwalior, India. He worked on setting up data quality systems for the Endline surveys. Balasai will be …
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    Balasai Vanukuri
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #1: Learning from India
    … policymakers and journalists interested in evidence-based policy on gender gaps and economic development to share notes … urban women are less likely to be in the labor force than rural women. Figure 1: As India grows, women are left behind … households and communities to promote equitable economic opportunities for marginalized groups. She also studies the …
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    Figure representing how even as India grows in terms of GDP per capita, women are still left behind
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    Lessons from GST for Eliminating the Rs1 Trillion Lying Around as Float
    … By A. Santhosh Mathew Originally published by  Evidence for Policy Design , February 16, 2018.   Lessons from GST for … that their salaries are never delayed.  The ministry of rural development, however, is an exception. In 2014-15, 70% of wages of MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) workers were delayed by …
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    Hand holding many Indian Rupees. Hemant Mishra, Mint
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    Skill India: Improving Vocational Training Outcomes for Young Women
    … and their success at connecting trainees to formal job opportunities. After completing government-sponsored … from Stanford University and India’s Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to assess DDU-GKY implementation and … (IFMR)  (formerly EPoD India at IFMR) Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard Kennedy School This research …
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    Follow-Up: A New Ending in Tale of Young Woman From Rural India
    …   Follow-Up: A New Ending in Tale of Young Woman From Rural India … December 8, 2016 | News Follow-Up: A New Ending in Tale of Young Woman From Rural India December 8, 2016: Times Insider provides … this fall about efforts in India to place poor young rural women in minimum-wage manufacturing jobs. Ellen Barry   …
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    Prabhati and Shashi Das reunite in their Bangalore hotel. Ellen Barry
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    Expanding the scope of India's Covid-19 relief measures
    … with free rice allotments for citizens (1%). A survey of rural women supports the PDS survey findings, but food … cut down on the amount of food consumed. Women working in rural childcare centers report that current rations do not … is providing extra rice (5 kg) and lentils (1 kg) – a policy that was scheduled to end after an initial three-month …
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    Photo of two women carrying baskets on their heads walking on the street. Joseph Kiesecker
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    Kyle Emerick
    … in poor countries, the importance of property rights for rural-urban migration, and the efficacy of farmer field days … in poor countries, the importance of property rights for rural-urban migration, and the efficacy of farmer field days … in poor countries, the importance of property rights for rural-urban migration, and the efficacy of farmer field days …
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    Kyle Emerick
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
    … in this space, Lisa Ho, will be joining us as an EGC/IE postdoctoral associate in Fall 2024. Below, we showcase … by men for whom 3G coverage has also provided better opportunities. Goldberg & Chiplunkar [Summary] Goldberg & … on gender norms and phone ownership and use, AI and livelihoods, and digital and financial skills in the informal …
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    Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development
    … gender differences in labor market outcomes. From rural fields to urban kitchens: the decline of women’s work … and yet are out of the labor force. Often, available job opportunities are incompatible with traditional gender roles … newsletter: a bimonthly deep dive Last year, EGC and IE launched the Towards Gender Equality newsletter as a forum …
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    A woman in a tan sweater asks a question during a conference Julia Luckett
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    Star Power: Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions
    … Originally published by  Evidence for Policy Design  on November 26, 2017.   Star Power: … & Anant Sudarshan Originally published by  Evidence for Policy Design  on November 26, 2017.   The Maharashtra … they may discover inefficiencies in their system and opportunities for improvements such as installing new …
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    Looking back on “Gender-Sensitive Economic Recovery and Resilience in Asia”
    … the successes of government social protection programs for rural women, and the need for more targeted support for young urban women.  WATCH THE KEYNOTE   Policy Panel Roli Asthana , United Nations Erik Berglof , … women’s economic and political status in the region? The policy panel on day 1 of the conference discussed how our …
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    Rohini Pande and coauthors in VoxDev: Evidence from payments to reduce crop burning in India
    … Pande on political economy research, and women's access to opportunities May 5, 2022: As part of the YaleCampus video … Life Index annual update”, Technical report, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. Majumder, … Pande on political economy research, and women's access to opportunities News Through November, Punjab Farm Fires …
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