India's national lockdown in 2020, in response to the Covid-19 crisis, was one of the
harshest in the world. Multiple household surveys indicate that the lockdown and the …

There is growing interest in experiments conducted by researchers and policymakers as a
team. The attraction of these 'embedded experiments' is that they seem to facilitate speedy …

Questions of ethics in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in development economics need
greater attention and a wider perspective. RCTs are meant to be governed by the three …

Past research has provided evidence of clientelistic politics by local governments in delivery
of private good benefits and manipulation of local budgets by elected officials at upper tiers …

Tribal communities rely on agriculture and semiskilled work for sustenance, both of which
were majorly affected due to lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in food …

Questions of ethics in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in development economics
need greater attention and a wider perspective. RCTs are meant to be governed by the three …

This paper provides a political-economic analysis of policy evaluation. We focus on
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) as a subset of policy evaluations and argue that they …

'Leakages' from the Public Distribution System–that is, grain released by the Food
Corporation of India that fails to reach consumers–stood at around 42% in 2011-12 at an all …

Biometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting
human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of …

Alongside rampant state violence, the systematic disenfranchisement of minorities and a
draconian approach to dissent, since 2014 India has been the site of a relentless project of …