Boom and bust: What's caused India's growth slowdown?
5 January 2016 By Kunal Sen For much of the 1990s and 2000s, India was seen as the ‘new kid on
Lessons from India’s Basic Services for the Urban Poor programme
Briefing No. 13 This briefing presents research into the effectiveness of India's Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) programme. It
Indrajit Roy reports from the Annual Conference on South Asia
30 November 2015 By Indrajit Roy Each autumn since November 1971, droves of South Asianists have flocked to Madison, capital
Exciting research findings on how to make a difference to the lives of the urban poor in India
5 November 2015 By Professor Diana Mitlin, who leads the ESID project on urban poverty in India. This research project is
Breaking the rules, breaking the game: Ideas and protest in the shifting Honduran political settlement
7 October 2015 By Sarah Hunt. One aspect of ESID’s novel approach to political settlements is to examine the role
Political commitment in India’s social policy implementation: Shaping the performance of MGNREGA
Working paper 50 Download pdf Deepta Chopra Abstract This paper contributes to the empirical understanding of the concept of commitment
Dr Subhasish Dey
Role Subhasish is Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at The University of Warwick. He is a Research
Class politics and social protection: the implementation of India’s MGNREGA
Working Paper 46 Download pdf Indrajit Roy Abstract In this paper, I direct attention to the role of class politics
Sheela Patel
Role Sheela Patel is Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) and for the construction
Prof Gayatri Menon
Role Gayatri Menon is an Assistant Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University (Bengaluru, India), and an Honorary
Dr Vasudha Chhotray
Role Vasudha Chhotray is a Senior Lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK. She is
How commitment and class relations shape MGNREGA implementation in India
Briefing No. 11 Employment outcomes for MGNREGA vary significantly across states, despite similar implementation mechanisms. Research indicates that MGNREGA implementation
'Leave no-one behind': what do we mean by 'inclusion'?
12 March 2015 By Kate Pruce and Diana Mitlin By calling for a pledge to ‘leave no-one behind’ as the first principle
Is NREGA reaching its end?
19 January 2015 [29 December 2014, original post]. By Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay. Is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan: Rationed funds and their allocation across villages
Working paper 35 Download pdf Himanshu, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and M. R. Sharan Abstract The performance of the National Rural Employment
The political economy of economic growth in India, 1993-2013
Download pdf Kunal Sen, Sabyasachi Kar and Jagadish Prasad Sahu Abstract We examine the political economy causes of India’s growth
Local funds and political competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
Working paper 42 Download pdf Bhanu Gupta and Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Abstract The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM): Lessons learnt
5 November 2014. By Sundar Burra. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), articulated in 2005-06 with a budget
Political settlements applied to urban development: 5 key questions
15 August 2014 By Kate Pruce and Pablo Yanguas. In July ESID hosted a small research workshop devoted to the
Ideas, interests and the politics of development change in India: capitalism, inclusion and the state
7 August 2014. ESID's latest working paper investigates how ideas and beliefs held by India's elites - political, bureaucratic, business
Ideas, interests and the politics of development change in India: capitalism, inclusion and the state
Working Paper 36 Download pdf Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Michael Walton Abstract This paper offers an interpretation of India’s recent
Supply or demand? How politics influences the implementation of the MGNREGA in Rajasthan
Briefing No. 6 The recent performance of MGNREGA has been a matter of debate. Rajasthan, especially, performed impressively in the initial years