IDFC Institute's new working paper unearths the extent of Mumbai's congestion, quantifies its economic and environmental costs and provides actionable results for policymakers by identifying chokepoints.
We analysed more than half a billion Uber Movement data points in o...
As India aims to become a $5 trillion economy, it must be cognizant of where that growth will come from. Cities contribute extensively to the country’s growth; it is estimated that 59%-70% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from them. However, to continue playing this catalysing...
This Mint article reports on the "Reforming Urban India" agenda prepared by the IDFC Institute team. Excepts:
"Indian cities need urgent reform in order to unlock their economic potential and transform quality of life, according to IDFC Institute’s report on Reforming Urban India. The rep...
Figure 1: Urban Expansion in Kozhikode, Kerala, along Transit Lines (1974 versus 2014)
Source: Analysis by IDFC Institute and Urban Expansion Observatory
Figure 1 shows built-up area growth in and around Kozhikode, Kerala between 1974 and 2014. When cities expand and people begin living ...
FSI Variations in Mumbai and Manhattan
Source: Bertaud (2018)
The above images compare Floor Space Index (FSI) — the amount of floor area that can be built on a plot of land — in Mumbai and in Manhattan, New York City.
FSI is largely uniform across Mumbai. Neithe...
The average 30-minute drive in Mumbai more than doubles to 66 minutes due to the city’s notoriously congested roads, according to IDFC Institute’s analysis of more than 53 million Uber Movement data points.
This means that Mumbaikers waste 55% of their commuting time stuck in traffic, e...
In this article on the Atlantic emphasising urbanisation as an important policy for NDA's second term, the author cites the case made by Reuben Abraham, CEO and Senior Fellow and Pritika Hingorani, Director and Research Fellow.
Excerpt below
"Reuben Abraham and...
IDFC Institute has been nominated to be a part of a Working Group convened by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for formulating a roadmap for cities to build a culture of data-driven governance. The first output of this working group - a strategy document and a Data Maturity Assessme...
In 2018, IDFC Institute's work on urban definitions was published in The Journal of Asian Economics. This work was cited in an article on Research Matters:
"In a recent study, researchers from the IDFC Institute, have looked into the current definition of “urban” in India. The...
The insight that infrastructure investments boost the economy of a country is well known since the New Deal was implemented as a way to fight the Great Depression in the USA. Yet, till date academics still debate on how much infrastructure impacts growth. Part of this is to do with complexities arou...
