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Safe Housing Is India’s Missing Link in Women’s Employment

Safe Housing Is India’s Missing Link in Women’s Employment

Vidya Mahambare, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM); Arti Srivastava, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM); Niharika Gowthaman, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) ...

25 May 2026
The Debt Burden Behind India’s Breast Cancer Care Gains

The Debt Burden Behind India’s Breast Cancer Care Gains

Soumendu Sen, University of Porto, Portugal; Sanjay K. Mohanty, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Tabassum Wadasadawala, Tata Memorial Centre ...

23 May 2026
India Is Not Running Out of Water. Its Governance Is Running Behind

India Is Not Running Out of Water. Its Governance Is Running Behind

Harilal Bhaskar, I-STEM

22 May 2026
Why Timing of Farm Advice Determines Crop Yield Gains

Why Timing of Farm Advice Determines Crop Yield Gains

Chanchal Pramanik, University of Idaho

21 May 2026
Health Gains from Lower Arsenic Depend on Sustained Safe Water Delivery

Health Gains from Lower Arsenic Depend on Sustained Safe Water Delivery

Barun Kumar Thakur, FLAME University; Vijaya Gupta, IIM Mumbai

19 May 2026
Why India’s Gender Equality Gains Stall Inside the Household

Why India’s Gender Equality Gains Stall Inside the Household

Abhishek Singh , IIPS; Praveen Chokhandre, Population Research Centre Dharwad; Ajeet Kumar Singh, John Snow India Pvt. Ltd. ...

17 May 2026
Upward Mobility in Girls’ Education Is Real, but May Plateau

Upward Mobility in Girls’ Education Is Real, but May Plateau

Ashish Singh, IIT Bombay; Laeek Ahemad Siddiqui, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

15 May 2026
Why India’s Firms Are Not Scaling Despite Labour Reforms

Why India’s Firms Are Not Scaling Despite Labour Reforms

Golam Rabbani, Institute of Development Studies Jaipur; Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Sikkim University; Vinish Kathuria, IIT Bombay

13 May 2026
Designing Healthcare for Digital Failure

Designing Healthcare for Digital Failure

Antra, Masters’ Union; Ajith Babu, Masters’ Union

11 May 2026
Sex Selection Is About Relative Wealth and Marriage Market, Not Just Son Preference

Sex Selection Is About Relative Wealth and Marriage Market, Not Just Son Preference

Girija Borker, World Bank; Jan Eeckhout, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF); Nancy Luke, Pennsylvania State University ...

09 May 2026
India Needs to Move Beyond Sector-Specific Use of Industrial Robots

India Needs to Move Beyond Sector-Specific Use of Industrial Robots

Sunil Mani, Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

07 May 2026
Why Bengal’s Elections Reveal Cycles of Democratic Correction

Why Bengal’s Elections Reveal Cycles of Democratic Correction

Anandajit Goswami, Manav Rachna Centre For Peace and Sustainability

05 May 2026

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