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Blog Post
A Change in World Bank Methodology (Not Reform) Explains India’s Rise in Doing Business Rankings
Justin Sandefur
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Divyanshi Wadhwa
February 05, 2018
While Modi has celebrated India’s rapid rise in the Doing Business rankings, the World Bank’s Chief Economist recently resigned amid controversy over methodological changes. Without those changes, India’s “jump” in the rankings looks much more modest.
Blog Post
India: Massive Expansion in Schooling, Too Little Learning, Now What?
Lant Pritchett
February 05, 2018
The main story of the youth assessment is a massive mismatch between their aspirations of how they will be able to use their schooling and their actual capability.
Blog Post
Chart of the Week #5: India is Getting Richer, But Still Hoping for a Boy
Justin Sandefur
February 02, 2018
On top of 63 million missing women, a new report from the Indian government reveals an even more pervasive pattern of sexism in recent demographic data—hinting at persistent patriarchal preferences impervious to India's economic boom.
POLICY PAPERS
Fuel Subsidy Reform in Developing Countries: Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG Cooking Gas Subsidy in India
Neeraj Mittal et al.
December 21, 2017
India’s reform of household subsidies for the purchase of LPG cooking gas stands out for a several reasons. The paper provides a detailed picture of the reform through its various stages, including how the process was conceptualized, coordinated, and implemented. It analyzes how such a reform ...
Blog Post
US, India Undermine Multilateralism at WTO Ministerial
Kimberly Ann Elliott
December 15, 2017
Expectations were low for the eleventh World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, and on most accounts it still managed to under-deliver. This time around, US and Indian negotiators refused to compromise in service of achieving a consensus agreement in any area. Ro...
WORKING PAPERS
Encouraging State Governments to Protect and Restore Forests Using Ecological Fiscal Transfers: India’s Tax Revenue Distribution Reform - Working Paper 473
Jonah Busch
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Anit Mukherjee
December 13, 2017
India’s tax revenue distribution reform creates the world’s first ecological fiscal transfers (EFTs) for forest cover, and a potential model for other countries. In this paper we discuss the origin of India’s EFTs and their potential effects. In a simple preliminary analy...
CGD NOTES
What a New Survey of Aadhaar Users Can Tell Us About Digital Reforms: Initial Insights from Rajasthan
Alan Gelb et al.
December 12, 2017
India’s Aadhaar biometric identification scheme has registered over 1.1 billion people, including almost all adults in the country and over 15 percent of the global population. Of course, initiatives of this scale cannot escape controversy. What the debate has so far lacked, however, is data. ...