Recent years have seen rapid growth in the use of technology in social protection systems.
While the pace of adoption has varied between countries, the general trend of increasing …

This article discusses the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on microfinance borrowers in
Tamil Nadu, India. Through an examination of the social and financial infrastructures …

This study examines the patterns of losses in livelihoods, income and consumption
expenditure among slum dwellers in Pune, a city in western India, two years after the …

Background: The unprecedented outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drastically
spread worldwide, resulting in extraordinary measures put in place in various countries …

The government-sponsored welfare programmes are instrumental in balancing economic
growth and reducing inequalities in society. Society becomes inclusive only when the …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the largest number of lockdowns across the globe,
affecting nearly half of the world's population by the first week of April 2020. The biggest …

Beginning as a war-time food ration in the colonial era and going on to become India's
principal instrument to fight against hunger, PDS has emerged as India's largest and …

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent nationwide lockdown in India that began on
25 March 2020, caused a major disruption in the labour market, leading to the widespread …

Drawing upon the two surveys of domestic workers in Jaipur in May and November 2020,
this paper traces the contours of “recovery” from the pandemic beyond just returning to work …

Gaps between benefit receipt and entitlements limit the efficiency and equity of social
programs. We shed light on the role of informational constraints in driving this gap during a …