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Publication - Working Paper
Curbing leakage in public programs: Evidence from India’s direct benefit transfer policy
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Publication - Project Report
Urban development and rural-urban linkages in six towns in Bihar
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Multimedia Item - Video
Nick Bloom: Do management interventions last?
How does improving management practices improve firm performance? Nick Bloom shares research results from India, which show that introducing management practices to textile firms had lasting impact several years on.
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Event
IGC-Gates Foundation India Programme Launch
The IGC India country programmes are merging under a new partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to engage with government, research institutes, and other institutions in Bihar to build a strong, sustainable ecosystem of research and monitoring and evaluation in the state and throughout the country, and create the necessary local institutional capacity. The...
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Publication - Project Report
Self help groups: Evidence from India
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Blog post
Congestion pricing to solve peak-hour traffic jams? Not so fast!
Evidence from Bangalore shows that congestion pricing is not as effective in reducing travel times as one might presume. Peak-hour pricing only marginally improved travel times, whilst also triggering schedule costs for commuters induced to change their travel times. Traffic congestion is a chronic problem in large cities across the world. Millions of urban commuters...
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Publication - Growth Brief
Management delivers: Why firms should invest in better business practices
There is a stark difference in firm productivity and growth between developing and advanced economies. Improving the management of firms in developing countries can help bridge this gap. New research shows that introducing management practices to firms can have lasting impacts on their productivity and growth. When Indian firms adopted management practices, their...
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Country
India