India Sustainable Growth Conference
The India Sustainable Growth Conference at LSE provides a forum for sharing ideas in this space, as well as inviting discussion and debate.
Oriana Bandiera
Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC and Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Anant Sudarshan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
Eswaran Somanathan
Professor, Indian Statistical InstituteBalaji Srinivasan
Chair of the EPIC Asia Advisory Group, Member of Management Board, Ahmedabad University
Shamika Ravi
Secretary to the Government of India and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India
Janhavi Nilekani
Founder and Chairperson, Aastrika Foundation
Stéphane Hallegatte
Senior Climate Change Adviser, Climate Change, World BankLifting millions out of poverty in India requires rapid economic growth and energy use. At the same time, environmental pollution and climate change create significant barriers to success.
Understanding how to overcome both these challenges at the same time is one of the most important policy problems facing India. It is also a problem that confronts many other developing countries whose policymakers may look to India’s choices for guidance. Any solutions will require increasing support for innovative, applied research within India and building collaborative international networks of researchers interested in this problem.
The India Sustainable Growth Conference at LSE provides a forum for sharing ideas in this space, as well as inviting discussion and debate. Jointly organised by the International Growth Centre (IGC), LSE STICERD’s Economics of Environment and Energy Programme, University of Warwick and Indian Statistical Institute, the conference aims to bring together PhD students from across the world working on environmental economics, and leading faculty also working at the intersection of environment and economics in India, alongside policymakers in India. It follows on from LSE’s Environment Camp designed to provide PhD students from all fields of economics the opportunity to present new research on environmental issues.
You can register your interest to participate in the conference here, or you can register to watch it online here.
Addressing climate inequality
A central issue with climate change is that those who contribute least to the problem are being most affected. This public event will present new thinking on how to design and finance loss and damage funds. It will also examine how these funds might be best spent to protect vulnerable populations against the effects of climate change.
Opening remarks
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC and Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Anant Sudarshan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of WarwickMaster lecture: Climate Change Economics in India
Catalysing an ecosystem for sustainable growth research and policy in India
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jonathan Leape
Executive Director, IGC and Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Balaji Srinivasan
Chair of the EPIC Asia Advisory Group, Member of Management Board, Ahmedabad University
Eswaran Somanathan
Professor, Indian Statistical Institute
Tim Dobermann
Research Director, International Growth CentreCreating a sustainable growth strategy for India
Shamika Ravi
Secretary to the Government of India and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of IndiaBalaji Srinivasan
Chair of the EPIC Asia Advisory Group, Member of Management Board, Ahmedabad University
Janhavi Nilekani
Founder and Chairperson, Aastrika Foundation
Anant Sudarshan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Stéphane Hallegatte
Senior Climate Change Adviser, Climate Change, World Bank
India is the most populated country in the world with one of the most dynamic economies. It also faces environmental damage due to climate change. Lifting millions out of poverty in India requires rapid economic growth but environmental challenges pose a significant barrier to this. Innovative research and policy can help India navigate towards sustainable growth and provide a global model for these pathways for the world.
Bringing together policymakers, funders and researchers, we will discuss and debate how to build a movement around the promotion of sustainable growth in India, and mark the beginning of a collaboration between LSE and the Indian Statistical Institute in this space.
Research session
Kanishka Kacker
Assistant Professor, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute
Sam Asher
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Anant Sudarshan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of WarwickAnshuman Tiwari
PhD student in Environmental Economics, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Aparajita Dasgupta
Assistant Professor, Eonomics, Ashoka University
Stefano Caria
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Swati Dhingra
Asssistant Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Tim Dobermann
Research Director, International Growth CentreDigvijay Singh Negi
Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development ResearchRaavi Aggarwal
Environmental Economist, Indian Statistical InstituteSaif Ali
PhD Student, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Minal Pathak
Associate Professor, Ahmedabad UniversityKedar Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University, BangaloreAnanya Kotia
PhD Economics Candidate, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Participation in this session is invite-only.