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IGIDR Webinar: Convincing Non-believers by Silence: Information Design in presence of Negative Externality
Speaker: Dr. Srijita Ghosh, Ashoka University Date & Hour: 28 October 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Convincing Non-believers by Silence: Information Design in presence of Negative Externality Abstract: We consider an economic decision context where agents require novel scientific or technical information and a planner has economies of scale in learning. We assume learning is accessible costly for anyone in the economy. However, in the presence of an externality conveying information truthfully can lead to ignoring the planner’s recommendation, if the…
Event DetailsWorking Paper: School Expansion and Caste Composition of Schools in Ethnically Fragmented Societies: Empirical Evidence of India
Speaker: Professor Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi Date & Hour: 04 November 2020, 4:00 pm Title: School Expansion and Caste Composition of Schools in Ethnically Fragmented Societies: Empirical Evidence of India Abstract: Providing better primary school access to rural children has led to a secular decline in distance traversed by children to go to schools, thereby leading to a rise in enrolments over the years. In this paper, we ask if there are costs to such fragmentation of schooling…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: A (prospective) review of agricultural productivity in India
Speaker: Professor J. V. Meenakshi, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi Date & Hour: 09 December 2020, 4:00 pm Title: A (prospective) review of agricultural productivity in India Abstract: The paper attempts to review the literature dealing with agricultural productivity in India. It does from lenses of (a) farm-size and productivity (b) sustainable resource (water) use and (c) climate change. Set against the backdrop of a structural transformation within agriculture, the review suggests that there are large gaps in our…
Event DetailsFirst Biennial Conference on Development – Trade and Development" rel="bookmark"> First Biennial Conference on Development – Trade and Development
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is organizing the First Biennial Conferences on Development during 17-19 December, 2020. Each Conference in this series will focus on a specific theme within the area of “Development”. The theme of the conference for this year is “Trade and Development”. The Conference will include three keynote addresses by leading economists on the theme: Professor Arvind Panagariya (Columbia University), Professor Amit K. Khandelwal (Columbia Business School) and Professor Kalina Manova (University College London). The…
Event DetailsDiscussion Round Tables Discussion on Union Budget 2021-22" rel="bookmark"> Round Tables Discussion on Union Budget 2021-22
Round Tables Discussion on Union Budget
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Webinar Webinar on Urban Environmental Accounts" rel="bookmark"> Webinar on Urban Environmental Accounts
Speaker: P Bhanumati Deputy Director General Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Government of India Date and Time: April 7, 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 Link: Click here to join the meeting Webinar organised as part of the research initiative Nurturing Accountability, Governance and Resilience in Indian Cities for Sustainable Development and Growth (NAGRIC) which is housed in IGIDR and supported by a grant from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Abstract of Talk: The core of the talk will be on…
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