… communities in extreme weather early warning systems New technology can predict annual river floods with increasing … power of new technologies are an important investment to savelives, but their success is dependent on accessibility … India Related News Items Perspectives Pande and coauthors: Usingtechnology to savelivesduring India's monsoonseason …
… gaps at the nexus of gender and climate vulnerability New technology can predict annual river floods with increasing … are many kinds of difficulties we have to face.” Kumari lives in the state of Bihar in eastern India where she is a … FloodHub tool and amplify their reach and salience using community outreach activities that employ a hybrid of …
… of India’s GDP (gross domestic product) in 2005 prices using data from the Planning Commission. (ii) Panel B reports … proxied by the number of working-age males at home during the baseline period. Interacting these lets us compare … reorganisation. Remote, non-migrant households adopt more technology and expand production, enabling them to benefit …
… fundamental tensions in environmental policy design. Using unique data linking firm production and worker … research with co-authors on Mexico's healthcare system during extreme heat. Using hospital data and temperature … (MIT) presented joint work on California's 2018 wildfire season, tracking how smoke affects household migration and …
… Mobarak in Foreign Policy magazine: Saving lives saves livelihoods … March 21, 2021 | In the News Mobarak in Foreign Policy magazine: Saving lives saves livelihoods The Professor of Economics and EGC … Mobarak … Mobarak in Foreign Policy magazine: Saving lives saves livelihoods …
… sector focus on pulling women in as users of mobile technology? Our work to date suggests these questions should … male household member’s phone. For instance, Anita * , who lives in a community outside Kolkata, reported having to wait … conducting a financial transaction (70 per cent), or using the Internet (72 per cent). Experts predict a fivefold …
Does access liberalise gender norms around phone use for rural women? by Giorgia Barboni, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Natalie Theys October 13, 2021 Despite improved connectivity, deep-rooted gender norms continue to shape access to and use of …
… EGC Voices in Development Podcast, Season 2 Episode 1: Nicholas Ryan … October 31, 2023 | Podcast EGC Voices in Development Podcast, Season 2 Episode 1: Nicholas Ryan This podcast series … a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 and a BA in Economics summa cum laude from …
… Nicholas Ryan enters research collaboration with logistics technology start-up in India to study shipping contracts … … Nicholas Ryan enters research collaboration with logistics technology start-up in India to study shipping contracts The study aims to use technology, data, and insights from economics to improve …
… discusses research from EGC's Gender & Growth Gaps project during the event. “We need to move beyond a single indicator … Sardari Douglas Gollin shares findings from a recent paper during the event where he and coauthors analyzed the gender … that social norms can have on interventions to boost FLFP, using the examples of job training and university education. …
… span critical themes including forest conservation using AI, sustainable agriculture powered by satellite technology, and soil natural capital accounting. They also … This project reimagines forest conservation in India by using AI to identify critical carbon sinks before they’re …
… almost no one did. Now the Joint Secretary of Information Technology and Skills at MoRD, Dr Santhosh Mathew was … improvements – but with far greater reach, affecting the lives not of millions, but hundreds of millions. And while … the information to be available, before you can think of using it in a feedback loop." To understand this, let’s …