All major Indian cities face a severe transport crisis, with the number of cars on the road increasing every day. Policy makers are trying to keep pace with this growth by supplying more roads, largely neglecting demand-side policy measures. We have developed an economic experiment to...

In the mainstream development debate during recent years, among others, there have been two influential camps opposing each other. The first one identifies the environmental context, the "natural" variable, as the ultimate cause that determines the socio-economic development trajectory of a...

Attracting human capital is key to the participation of rural areas in national and global economic growth, especially in a knowledge economy. Professional services industries are increasingly concentrating in cities due to both greater market potential and the critical role of frequent...