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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
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Blog post
Vocational training programs in India are leaving women behind, but this needn’t be the case
Less than 25% of women are employed in their skilled job for more than three months and are also less likely to receive and accept job offers than men. Migration is a key constraint, with job location being a strong predictor of female outcomes. Skill India Many low- and middle-income countries have launched government-funded vocational training programmes to help youth...
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Blog post
Reforming India’s energy market: Towards centralised production
To improve efficiency and integrate renewable energy, a centralised economic dispatch model is recommended. A real-time energy market with gate closure should also be introduced. Such market reforms require robust market monitoring and surveillance. An energy market design that enables buyers to meet their energy requirements, while allowing sellers to adjust their...
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Publication - Working Paper
Response of firms to listing: Evidence from SME exchanges
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Publication - Working Paper
Urbanisation and India’s Slum Continuum: Evidence on the range of policy needs and scope of mobility