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Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China by Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai)

NO : WP-2026-002 AUTHOR : Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai) TITLE : Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China ABSTRACT : Despite strong GDP growth and favourable demographics, India faces an impending jobs crisis. A large share of the workforce remains stuck in low-productivity agriculture, while […]

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Firm-Level Trade Responses to Intellectual Property Reforms: Evidence from India by Qayoom Khachoo, Ridwan Ah Sheikh, Pritam Banerjee

NO : WP-2026-001 AUTHOR : Qayoom Khachoo, Ridwan Ah Sheikh, Pritam Banerjee TITLE : Firm-Level Trade Responses to Intellectual Property Reforms: Evidence from India ABSTRACT : This study leverages India’s Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, as a quasi-natural experiment within a difference-in-differences framework to examine how domestic reforms related to patents may affect firms’ export […]

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