large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically … the SC and the ST households must remain a focus of attention besides promoting a more active labor market in rural India …

be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India …-scale public opinion and crime victimization survey—the first of its kind in India. [BREAD Working Paper No. 324]. URL …

evidence is provided, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India), on …

implementation of a Trading Pilot Scheme in India. This experience suggests that four areas are especially important for successful …