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The Cost of Distance: Why Indian Factories Stay Small

Alessandra Peter, New York University; Cian Ruane, Central Bank of Ireland

07 Oct 2026

"Distribution costs can limit how far productive manufacturing firms expand, making connectivity a question of market access as much as the movement of goods."

How Digital Access Can Change Domestic Violence

"Digital inclusion cannot end at the point of connection. Its success should ultimately depend on what connectivity allows women to do once they are online."

How Digital Access Can Change Domestic Violence

Gaurav Dhamija, IIT Hyderabad; Sagnik Kumar Gupta, IIT Hyderabad; Manini Ojha, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O. P. Jindal Global University

19 Sept 2026

When Global Tyre Standards Meet Local Roads: The Hidden Cost of Regulatory Harmonisation

"India can strengthen tyre safety and environmental performance without imposing a one-size-fits-all standard that overlooks its roads, vehicle use and tyre market."

When Global Tyre Standards Meet Local Roads: The Hidden Cost of Regulatory Harmonisation

Ekta Selarka, Madras School of Economics; Subrata Sarkar, IIM Bangalore

23 Sept 2026

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India's Digital State Has a Microenterprise Productivity Dividend

Somnath Sharma, Reserve Bank of India (RBI); Kenichi Ueda, Center for Advanced Research in Finance (CARF)

11 Oct 2026

India’s Urban Water Challenge Is Essentially a Problem of Infrastructure Scale

Pradip P. Kalbar, IIT Bombay; Shweta Lokhande, Independent Researcher and Consultant

09 Oct 2026

India Needs Local Climate Budgets: What the 16th Finance Commission Can Enable

Suranjan Majumder, Independent Researcher; Uday Chatterjee, Bhatter College, Dantan; Krishna Malakar, IIT Madras

05 Oct 2026

IndiaAI and the Next Technology Frontier: Building Capability Before It Settles

Abhay Ratnaparkhi, eBay

03 Oct 2026

Why India’s MSMEs Are Surviving Without Scaling

Surender Kumar, Delhi School of Economics (DSE); Naunidh Dixit, Delhi School of Economics (DSE)

01 Oct 2026

How Digitalisation Makes India's SMEs More Visible to Lenders

Ritika Jain, Centre for Development Studies; Shreya Biswas, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad campus

30 Sept 2026

India’s Sanitation Mission Must Move Beyond Toilets

Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies, UK; Ruth Kennedy-Walker, World Bank; Apeksha Vohra, Independent Researcher ...

27 Sept 2026

India's GAAR Experience: When Policy Uncertainty Drives Capital Outflows

Chandra Thapa, University of Strathclyde, UK; Biwesh Neupane, University of Strathclyde, UK; Chaman Shrestha, University of the West of Scotland, UK ...

25 Sept 2026

The Sediment Burden of Yamuna’s Plastic Pollution

Gunjan Suruse, Savitribai Phule Pune University; Prachi Jadhav, Savitribai Phule Pune University; Dhananjay C. Meshram, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University ...

21 Sept 2026

How Internet Access Shapes Household Consumption

B. Sai Swaroop, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning; Olivier Dagnelie, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL); Rajabushan Jagadish Nayak, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL) ...

17 Sept 2026

Why Sand Mining Enforcement Breaks Down in India

Janvi Singhi, Independent researcher

15 Sept 2026

The Hidden Weight in India’s Disaster Risk Index

Dinesh Kumar Aswal, National Disaster Management Authority

14 Sept 2026

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