The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it …

This paper analyzes the impact of donor fragmentation on the quality of government bureaucracy in aid-recipient nations …

India's manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of …

This paper explores the economic implications of a potential free trade agreement between India and the United States … cuts for services. The overall impacts are likely to be positive for the United States and India. While gains from trade … initial protection in India is particularly high. India would experience an expansion of exports and output, especially in …

Indian districts during 1989-2010. It first distills a number of stylized facts about misallocation in India, and … demonstrates the validity of misallocation metrics by connecting them to regulatory changes in India that affected real property …. Although more-productive establishments in India tend to produce more output, factors of production are grossly misallocated. A …

Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated …

Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked … analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population …

and quality of consumer participation and protection in five states in India through a review of documents, surveys of …