Messaging Can Help Fight COVID-19: Evidence from an RCT by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee
There is new evidence, from West Bengal, that messaging by celebrities can act as a ‘nudge’ to help in prevention and early diagnosis of...
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Jul 9, 2020
The Economy is Broken. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Tells You How to Fix It.
How did we get here? How do we get out of here? Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, answers this....
Jun 24, 2020
Employment After the Lockdown: Gender, Caste & Urban-Rural Gaps
A paper by Ashwini Deshpande investigates the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on employment and finds that women and Dalits, especially...
Jun 11, 2020
The Adivasi and the State
Scheduled tribes constitute over 30 percent of Chhattisgarh’s population. IPC spoke to officials in the Chhattisgarh state government to...
Jun 9, 2020
IPC Explainer: Tech Vs. Privacy During COVID-19
What are the key contours of the tech vs privacy debate when it comes to fighting the coronavirus? What have other countries around the...
May 27, 2020
The Law Behind the Lathi
The images of police brutality you have witnessed during this lockdown point to a systemic failure. We tell you how. We tell you what...
May 22, 2020
Atma Nirbhar: Self-Reliance or Self-Sufficiency?
Global tenders up to Rs 200 crores have been disallowed for government procurement. IPC talks to Ajay Sahai, Director General and CEO at...
Apr 30, 2020
The Home And The World
Rahul Gandhi and Raghuram Rajan discuss opening up India’s economy, fighting COVID-19 and its consequences as well as a new economic...
Apr 21, 2020
Indian States Need Cash
States have the bulk of the dual responsibility of containing and managing the spread of COVID-19 as well as providing for those in...
Apr 16, 2020
The Trinity Has Spoken
Sen, Rajan, and Banerjee come together to make urgent recommendations to the government. Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, and Abhijit...
Apr 16, 2020
Print More Money
Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee explain why Direct Benefit Transfers are the best way forward. Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee have...
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