NO : WP-2026-008 AUTHOR : Shameena Khatoon TITLE : How Maternity Leave Policies Affect Female Employment: A Cross Country Analysis ABSTRACT : This study examines how maternity leave policies affect female labor force participation (FLP) across 160 countries from 2000 to 2023. We analyze the crucial but overlooked dimension of payment structure whether governments […]
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From scale to depth: Dismantling frictions within India’s financial inclusion juggernaut by Deepti George and Rajeswari Sengupta
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Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC by Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta
NO : WP-2026-007 AUTHOR :Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC ABSTRACT : This paper examines how different classes of creditors use India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), with a focus on the timing of insolvency initiation. Using a novel dataset that combines firm-level […]
RBI’s rupee defence may backfire: Measures may hurt confidence, inflows by Rajeswari Sengupta
From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India by Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma
NO : WP-2026-006 AUTHOR :Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma TITLE : From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India ABSTRACT : This paper examines the impact of India’s landmark Forest Rights Act (FRA), which granted indigenous forest-dwelling communities legal rights to manage and protect forests, on the incidence of forest fires. […]
Jain, Preksha, Kundu, Sumana and Pal, Rupayan. Corruption-proof minimum regulation for ‘zero emission’: Status incentives–Bane or boon?, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, V.245, 2026
Kanitkar, Tejal, Jayaraman, Thiagarajan and Lavanyaa, V.P. Projected global and national energy and climate futures using an alternative integrated assessment framework, NPJ Climate Action, 5 (41), 2026
Kundu, Sumana. Undertreatment in credence goods markets: When does a no-liability rule outperform?, Operations Research Letters, V.67, 2026
Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting by Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
NO : WP-2026-005 AUTHOR :Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) TITLE : Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting ABSTRACT : This paper traces the evolution of monetary policy in India and the institutional, intellectual, and macroeconomic forces that culminated in the adoption of flexible inflation targeting (FIT) in […]
