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Nidhi Parekh

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Nidhi Parekh was previously the Managing Editor for the IGC, overseeing IGC publications, the IGC blog, and VoxDev.

She holds an M.A. in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University. Prior to joining the IGC, Nidhi worked for the National Treasury in South Africa as an ODI fellow. During her time in South Africa, her work focused on social security, social welfare and health.

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Photo credit: Dan Freeman via Unsplash.

Little Book of Growth Ideas

Nidhi Parekh, Emilie Yam, Tim Dobermann
Publication

Do social assistance programmes reach the poor? Micro-evidence from 123 countries

Nidhi Parekh, Oriana Bandiera
Growth brief
Photo credit: Martin Harvey / Photodisc via Getty Images.

COVID-19 underscores need to overhaul social policies across Africa

Nidhi Parekh
Blog
Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review, UNCC, UN Building, Bangkok, Thailand - Day 1, 17-20 November 2014 Photo credit: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran

IGC Quick Clicks: Where are all the female economists?

Nidhi Parekh
Blog
Media Village - Issue Briefing Room. Photo credit: Faruk Pinjo, World Economic Forum.

IGC Quick Clicks: A new world order in the making? Highlights from Davos

Nidhi Parekh
Blog
Photo credit: Amanda Voisard / UN Women.

IGC Quick Clicks: The unintended consequences of policies

Nidhi Parekh
Blog
Girls use computers at the Shaheed Mohamed Motaher Zaid School in Sana'a. Photo credit: World Bank Photo Collection, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

IGC Quick Clicks: How will technology impact the future of work?

Nidhi Parekh
Blog

Who are William Nordhaus and Paul Romer? And why did they win the Nobel prize in economics?

Nidhi Parekh
Blog
Container ships from international trunk lines such as Europe, Africa, India, Pakistan and Southeast Asia load and unload containers at the container terminal of Qianwan Port Area of Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China, April 4, 2024.

IGC Quick Click: On trade wars and the aftermath of the financial crisis

Nidhi Parekh
Blog

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