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 Institute
Balaji Srinivasan
Chair, EPIC Asia Advisory Group
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 BankYou can listen to the audio event recording here:
Lifting 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.
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 Warwick
Eswaran Somanathan
Professor, Indian Statistical InstituteMaster 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, EPIC Asia Advisory Group
Eswaran Somanathan
Professor, Indian Statistical Institute
Tim Dobermann
Research Director, International Growth Centre
Michael Greenstone
Milton Friedman Professor of Economics, University of ChicagoShweta Banerjee
Head of BRAC International, IndiaDrinks Reception
Creating a sustainable growth strategy for India
HE Vikram Doraiswami
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Shamika Ravi
Secretary to the Government of India and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India
Balaji Srinivasan
Chair, EPIC Asia Advisory Group
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 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, Imperial College London Business School
Anant Sudarshan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of WarwickAnshuman Tiwari
Postdoctoral Fellow, EPIC India, University of ChicagoAparajita Dasgupta
Assistant Professor, Eonomics, Ashoka University
Stefano Caria
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Swati Dhingra
Associate Professor of Economics and Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)