India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher …

Centre (IGC) supported research on governance and public service delivery in India. Existing research suggests that the … incentives, transparency and state capacity as the key challenges to reducing the governance deficit in India. IGC supported … corruption. There is near consensus, however, that India has had limited success in reducing poverty and enhancing human capital …

India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … governance allowing substantial corruption in the system. Based on a study of 20 Indian states, we empirically show that higher …

focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …

to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …

Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings …

labour market features. Our results support the urbanisation hypothesis for ongoing couples over either the colocation or …

(urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of entrepreneurs. Second, I provide a stylized overview of entrepreneurship and … 'smart' cities, 'circular' cities, and of sub-urbanisation and secondary city growth. Over time not all cities, and their …, serendipity and context-specificity of global urbanisation implies that there is much that is still unknown about the specifics of …