… recovery and resilience in Asia At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many public figures wondered if the shared … used novel analysis of national datasets and household data from a recent impact evaluation in the Indian state …

… episode features Pramod Varma, Chief Architect of Aadhaar, India's digital identification program, discussing the role … to mobile devices, internet connectivity, and affordable data. This digital divide, which includes gender-specific … a community of innovative and competitive market players working to drive innovation, especially across public …

… to face.”  Kumari lives in the state of Bihar in eastern India where she is a member of the local women’s self-help … and  Inclusion Economics at Yale University  is working to make these alerts accessible and actionable for … identify ways to make these systems truly integrated and inclusive. Anjana Kumari herself joined the effort during the …

… Rohini Pande quoted in The New York Times: "Women in India Face a Jobs Crisis. Are Factories the Solution?" … July … News Rohini Pande quoted in The New York Times: "Women in India Face a Jobs Crisis. Are Factories the Solution?" Rohini … advancement, economists say. This is especially so as India has, in recent decades, significantly increased …

… Strengthening Female Representation in Nepal’s Local Governments … March 11, 2022 | Perspectives … For the fourteen districts where our research team has data on nominations, only 3.2% of nominees for mayors and … in important positions. Our research using extensive data from the 2017 local elections highlights the extreme …

… announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, closing schools and non-essential businesses, and … and Area Studies , are gathering and analyzing data concerning the effects of lockdowns on India and Nepal’s …

EGC Affiliates present research during Climate Week events September 23-27 … September 18, 2024 | News EGC Affiliates present research during Climate Week events September 23-27 Events in New York City and London will focus on the economics of climate …

… have experienced an unequal share of the hardship.  The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the inequality between countries, and … other summer work opportunities, putting them to work on data analysis for Covid-related projects in South Asia. In …

… face can sometimes narrow their vision, and how data analytics and cross-country comparisons can open up … Organization (ILO), a  drop  driven mostly by declines in India. There, FLFP fell by nine percentage points from  36 … population. But while these skills-training initiatives have seen some success, they have largely failed …

… why we should focus on voluntary carbon markets. Ideas 4 India This summary first appeared in Ideas for India   on  … emissions; and although carbon compliance markets cover 19% of emissions, there is a limit to how much these policies … and so on, that are using large amounts of energy in their data centres and face a lot of pressure from stakeholders. …

Mushfiq Mobarak in Nature: Assessing social aid: the scale-up process needs evidence, too … September 28, 2022 | In the News Mushfiq Mobarak in Nature: Assessing social aid: the scale-up process needs evidence, too When programmes expand, new complexities …

… winners had migrated internationally compared with only 19 percent of the lottery losers. Using the lottery outcome …