… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

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 …

… 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 …

… often built not by the culturally and ethnically diverse working class who benefit but by lower-ability economic … right  attacked  DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives in firms and colleges, and those attacks have … the Black-to-white per capita wealth ratio is  1 to 6 . In India—where Hindu, Muslim, and Scheduled Caste communities …

… Born in 1929 in Chittagong, in what was then British India, Nurul Islam grew up in a middle-class family. An …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… shape access to and use of mobile technologies by women in India. This note discusses preliminary findings from a study, … of mobile phone availability and network connectivity in India, deep-rooted gender norms continue to shape access to … Read more at IdeasforIndia.in. EGC affiliates in Ideas for India: Does access liberalise gender norms around phone use …