Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both…
A Harvard professor with a long acquaintance with Singapore reflects on its socialist roots and says it should continue to show the world a…
Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives. Yet we know little about whether…
In 1984, Pranab Bardhan published his classic work The Political Economy of Development in India (PEDI). It went on to become one of the…
This paper seeks to integrate a focus on informal workers, who comprise 61 per cent of the global workforce – a total of 2 billion workers…
“Born into a ‘formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,’ Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear ‘…
“Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they…
“Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection unerring charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love…