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Publication - Policy Brief
Realising land rights and social accountability through community-based organisations: The impacts of India’s Homestead Programme
This study uses a mixed-methods randomised impact evaluation to shed light on two broad policy questions: First, how and to what extent can development interventions improve the governance of social protection through attempts to induce community mobilisation? Second, how can the homestead land rights of marginalised populations be improved? The programme’s core is...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Mapping urbanisation in India with satellite imagery
Satellite images provide a promising source of data for measuring urbanisation: It provides higher spatial and temporal resolution than administrative data. This project uses remotely sensed data to detect urban markets in India for 2013 (accessible via the Google Earth Engine). We find that landcover-based markets detected from daytime satellite imagery are...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Production responses and tax evasion with limited state capacity
In India, indirect taxes represent 85% of state tax revenue. Historically, its highly decentralised system of commodity taxation has led to production inefficiencies. Our research is on the effect of India switching from a sales tax to a value added tax (VAT) in the 2000s. We focus on two margins of response: Output and tax evasion near registration thresholds. We...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Conservation credits: Payments for voluntary groundwater conservation
Paying farmers to pump less groundwater could be a cost-effective and equitable way to reduce water and electricity consumption in irrigated agriculture. A pilot of conservation credits among 90 smallholder farmers in three villages in Gujarat proceeded smoothly and was received well by the communities. Results suggest that financial incentives may be able to...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Moving up a Gear: Can a free bike help a girl’s education in northern India?
In 2006, the government of Bihar introduced a scheme that aimed to improve school access and reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls with a bicycle. This 2012 video - updated for our IGC10 campaign - looks at the results of an IGC study that evaluated the scheme.
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Publication - Working Paper
Taxation and supplier networks: Evidence from India
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Publication - Working Paper
The dynamics of informality, insufficiency, and conflicts in slums: Evidence from Patna, India
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Multimedia Item - Audio
Ideas for India panel discussion on financing development in India
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Multimedia Item - Audio
Expanding opportunities in India’s labour market: Gender, skills, migration
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Multimedia Item - Audio
Pollution, climate change and growth in India