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Rural India's distress, why large firms matter, how patriarchy is hard to beat, Shakira’s taxes, why markets have a mind of their own

India's plummeting GDP, how aid is missing the poorest, evidence that reservation works, Manoj Bajpai's Bhojpuri rap song & a new MGNREGA

The costs & benefits of climate action, what mothers in law mean for policy, Econ101 on India's GDP & why Indian men live with their parents

the World Bank’s Doing Business index, what makes bureaucracies effective, how cities cope with climate change

India's new population projections, a lesson from history, how you may be fleecing craftsmen, & results from a survey of India's micro-firms

This week's links on how our lives are literally getting shorter, a great example of politicians giving economists an ulcer, why it's not...

how open defecation solves a puzzle, why Indian states are feeling let down, a promising new series on India's energy sector, and why the pa

India's complex food value chains,"portfolio of dangers" faced by women, the bureaucracy's favourite trick and an Indian Matchmaking meme

Why it is hard to deliver health for all, how the world is growing older, what is holding back India's solar ambitions and how Twitter...

This week's links on how most people believe they won't catch the infection, Modi's PM-CARES may be diverting funds from those who need...

This week's links include a new study on India's nutrition crisis, economic implications of the ongoing India-China shenanigans, problems...

I put together a weekly roundup of links to new research, evidence, numbers and insights on the Indian economy and development, wider...

IMF feeling less upbeat: The IMF has reversed its optimism on India and has predicted a 4.5% contraction in the Indian economy in FY 21....

New Government of India Report on Climate Change: Government of India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences has come out with its first...

The banking system is crucial to recovery: Read this FT piece on how constrained credit is at the heart of India’s economic challenges....

Yes more jobs, but not really: Suitably titled an “An Uptick from the Abyss”: CMIE data on unemployment for India shows some relief for...

On proposed labour reforms: As the Union government comes out to say that the suspension of labour laws not reform of labour laws, read...

Governance matters but you can’t wait to fix that: Political economy professor Mushtaq Khan has a paper here urging us to think...

The GDP lies!: I really enjoyed this piece by Justin Wolfers on how our perspective on the economic crisis would change if we could...

Covid-19 will push 12 million Indians into extreme poverty in 2020: The World Bank estimates that Covid-19 is set to push 49 million into...