February 09, 2016
The Data Is Unambiguous: The Odd-Even Policy Failed To Lower Pollution In Delhi
Shamika Ravi writes for the Huffington Post about the effectiveness of Delhi's Odd Even rule. The article presents an analysis of air quality data taken from eight monitoring stations throughout Delhi, over 24 days....
February 02, 2016
Dealing with Bad Debt
James W Dean explains why a clear and simple bankruptcy code is overdue in India, as is the dire need for broad and deep domestic debt markets as a source of business borrowing beyond banks.
January 28, 2016
Priorities for India’s National Health Policy
India’s health policy needs to focus on delivering those aspects of healthcare which are public or quasi-public goods and facilitate market provision of those aspects that provide private benefits.
January 26, 2016
'Modern Marx' Piketty Vs Team 'Modinomics': The Economy Debate
Watch Thomas Piketty, Arvind Subramanian and Bibek Debroy debate on India's economic future.
January 11, 2016
MoCapitalism 2016
Vivek Dehejia quoted in Open magazine to explain the gradualist approach to economic reform in the context of the performance of Narendra Modi's government.
December 28, 2015
Paradoxes of Debt
James Dean
December 22, 2015
Message from Nairobi
Vivek Dehejia in his Livemint article, writes about the 'fog of spin and counter-spin' that has accumulated around the outcomes of the recently concluded 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Nairobi....
December 14, 2015
Decline of Rental Housing in India: the Case of Mumbai
This paper assesses the impact of rent control for Mumbai, where it has created a shortfall in formal, affordable rental housing and contributed to distortions in the land market.
December 02, 2015
Smart Cities Should Account for Uniqueness of Cities
Shamika Ravi and Robert Puentes write that the Indian government's programme needs to account for economic differences between cities.
November 26, 2015
How Lower Oil Prices Impacted the Indian Economy
Sajjid Chinoy writes in Business Standard: "In all the discussion about India's growth performance and prospects, the elephant in the room is barely discussed."