Blog
Peer influence and human capital accumulation: Evidence from Delhi University colleges
by
Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal, Subha Mani, Utteeyo Dasgupta
December 2017
College is an important milestone in life that is believed to develop several aspects of an individual's human capital, broadly defined to include...
Blog
Urban poverty: cities, slums, and the need for policy action
by
Emily Rains, Anirudh Krishna
October 2022
Developing countries will be predominantly urban by 2030. While urbanization is historically associated with development and broad-based social...
Blog
Want to catch up on UNU-WIDER research? Here are 10 of the most interesting papers published over the last year
In this blog, the managing editor of the WIDERAngle shares his personal view on some of the most important —and potentially overlooked— work recently...
Blog
In memory of Ela Ramesh Bhatt — The gentle revolutionary
by
Martha Chen
November 2022
Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, passed away on 2 November 2022. Known as the ‘gentle...
Blog
Social mobility among disadvantaged groups in India
In recent decades, India has experienced rapid economic growth alongside radical affirmative action programs enacted since independence. This column...
Blog
Can access to finance spur entrepreneurship in Indian informal sector?
by
Ira N. Gang, Rajesh Raj Natarajan,
Kunal Sen
May 2022
Credit constraints, a consequence of the widespread failure of credit markets in developing countries, are widely regarded as a key constraint to...
Blog
COVID-19 in India: cases, deaths, and vaccinations
The Omicron variant resulted in a third major wave of Covid-19 in India, with the number of cases exceeding those in the second wave, albeit causing...
Blog
Kanika Mahajan – IEA featured economist interview
by
UNU-WIDER
September 2021
Kanika Mahajan, a researcher engaged in UNU-WIDER's project on 'The changing nature of work and inequality', is the August 2021 featured economist of...
Seminar
Evaluating the impact of training in a national microfinance program: Self help groups in India
Presented by: Dr Ranjula Bali Swain (Department of Economics, Uppsala University). Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of widespread training programs provided by the Self Help Group (SHG) program. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance...
Wed, 30 January 2013
UNU-WIDER,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Jeffrey Hammer on one hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in India
Jeffrey Hammer will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 12 March Abstract - One hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in India In 2018, a multi-disciplinary team from India and four other countries collected expenditure data...
Thu, 12 March 2020
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Blog
The developer’s dilemma in India – the role of politics and economic ideology
by
Saon Ray, Sabyasachi Kar
December 2020
Policy makers seeking inclusive growth frequently face the developer’s dilemma between prioritizing structural transformation, which is potentially...
Presentation
Kunal Sen on politicians and their promises in an uncertain world
Thu, 15 August 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project
Southern engines of global growth
Theme: 2006-07
The project centers on the inter-linkages between the major developing countries of Brazil, India, China and South Africa and the global economy, with a special emphasis on the implications of China’s growth on smaller economies and the rest of the...
Blog
How India’s economy has fared under ten years of Narendra Modi
More than 960 million Indians will head to the polls in the world’s biggest election between April 19 and early June. The ruling Bharatiya Janata...
Lecture
13th B.G. Kumar Lecture Is India a Land of Opportunity? delivered by Professor Kunal Sen
The recording of this lecture is available here. Professor Kunal Sen delivers the 13th B.G. Kumar Lecture on 'Is India the Land of Opportunity?' at the Center for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The lecture begins at 15:30...
Mon, 21 November 2022
CDS, Prasanth Nagar, Medical College P.O.,
Ulloor, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala,
India
Past event