The perils of embedded experiments

J Drèze - Review of Development Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Aadhaar: Uniquely Indian Dystopia?

R Khera - economic sociology_the european electronic …, 2019 - econstor.eu
On 28 January 2009, the Government of India constituted the Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI) through a Gazette notification. The main aim was to" generate and assign …

Information Technology (IT) and Welfare in India: Does IT work?

R Khera, V Patibandla - Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The use of information technology (IT) in public administration is seen as a significant tool for
improving efficiency, transparency and accountability and in popular rhetoric, and is often …

Food and Social Security at the Margins: The Parhaiyas of Jharkhand

A Somanchi - Available at SSRN 3540956, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
A recent survey of all Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) households in two blocks
of Jharkhand reveals that their existence remains precarious due to disrupted livelihoods …