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Nikita Sharma

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Nikita Sharma is the former Economics Editor for the IGC and oversees IGC publications, including the IGC blog. Straddling research and communications, she has also been the Managing Editor for VoxDev. Previously, she provided research assistance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds an M.A. in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics (Hons.) from Miranda House, University of Delhi.

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Share of electricity production from solar

Figure 2: Share of electricity production from solar

Tim Dobermann, Nikita Sharma

Data visualisation

Solar panels and coal plants in Dadri, India

Climate priorities in developing countries

India’s opportunity for sustainable growth

Tim Dobermann, Nikita Sharma

Floods in South Sudan displace refugees

Climate priorities in developing countries

Commentary on climate change: Highlights from the IGC Blog

Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Aminul Aman, Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Nikita Sharma, Shahid Vaziralli

Synthesis paper

Mid-day school meal

Gender equality

Nutritional penalty of motherhood: Can midday meals also save mothers of the children that receive them?

Climate priorities in developing countries

The impacts of climate change on human wellbeing in developing countries

Firms and environment: Exposure to pollution, search for lenient certification, and credit defaults in developing countries

Energy and environment: Theft, benefits, misallocation, and collusion challenges in developing countries

Sustainable growth for a changing climate

Nikita Sharma, Tim Dobermann, Robin Burgess

Climate priorities in developing countries

In extremity and externality: Need for policies to protect children from environmental crises

Gender equality

How cleaner cookstoves and fuels could benefit women’s health and the environment

Nikita Sharma, Siobhan McDonough

Matter of Pride: Engendering LGBTQ+ inclusivity in thought and research

Julia Liborio, Nikita Sharma

Gender equality

Matter of mobility: Barriers to women’s work and education, and the dangers at home

Diversifying economics: Resources for Black and other underrepresented minorities

Rahma Ahmed, Rania Nasir, Nikita Sharma

COVID-19 and Cities

For the urban poor, trade may be the only lifeline during a pandemic

Astrid Haas, Victoria Delbridge, Nikita Sharma

Economics’ racial reckoning: A discipline that studies inequality confronts its own

Ideas Matter: Providing a big push towards women empowerment

Torn safety nets: How COVID-19 has exposed huge inequalities in global education

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