Akshay Dixit PhD in Political Economy and Government 2025 says that thinking deeply about social questions was part of his upbringing. His…
“Anita lives in Karachi’s biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita’s life will…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
“Born into a ‘formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,’ Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear ‘…
“Katihar to Kennedy is an extraordinary journey of a man from dusty alleys of Katihar to the gleaming pathways of Kennedy. It is an…
We test for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country by experimentally allocating unconditional cash…
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
Child stunting in India exceeds that in poorer regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Data on over 168,000 children show that, relative to Africa…
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban…