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Unconditional transfers approaching primetime

Vishy KurugantiDecember 05, 20192 mins

Since I first read about unconditional transfers (in Banerjee and Duflo’s Poverty Economics book), I’ve been fascinated about this seemingly this-cant-possibly-work approach to foreign aid. Later I…

Scrap the BDA!

Vishy KurugantiJuly 19, 20125 mins

[Editor’s Note: The Bangalore citizen for all seasons (Ashwin Mahesh) shared an interesting note about BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) on Facebook last night. I’m reproducing it here with his…

Putting Bangalore’s Mayoral Election in Perspective

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20126 mins

Bangalore’s newly minted mayor (Venkatesh Murthy) and outgoing mayor (Sharadamma) - Pic courtesy thethindu.com [Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Namma Bengaluru Foundation‘s…

Hunger Alleviation Lessons from Belo Horizonte

Vishy KurugantiApril 12, 20123 mins

[Editor’s Note: (Sep 12, 2012): According to this Newslaundry editorial, Samar Halamkar (on whose column I based this post) might have indulged in plagiarism. Until I figure out what action I need to…

Stop MNREGA for ONE year and let's kickoff Second Green Revolution

Vishy KurugantiMarch 12, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy oecotextiles.wordpress.com “Stop MNREGA for one year and let’s kickoff Second Green Revolution with the corresponding budget of Rs. 40,000 crores!” Let me quickly disenchant you that a…

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Global Health

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 09, 20122 mins

This is Part 2 of TechSangam’s review of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. The Gates letter covers 4 broad areas – Innovation in Agriculture, Global Health, US Education, and Foundation Updates…

Key nuggets from Bill Gates' Annual Letter 2012 – Innovation in Agriculture

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 08, 20123 mins

If you have time, you really should read the complete text of the 2012 Annual Letter from Bill Gates. But I know you live in a multi-screen world with thousands of tweets, status updates, and vids…

UP Election Candidate Insights from ADR's National Election Watch

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 31, 20122 mins

Uttar Pradesh’s districts (Map courtesy mapsofindia.com) National Election Watch (NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGO and other citizen led organizations working on electoral…

Rebooting IAS an essential part of Reforms 2.0

Vishy KurugantiDecember 07, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: One of my favorite policy wonks and Indian foreign policy expert, Nitin Pai, has often argued that the top item on India’s todo list is Reforms 2.0. To the long list of second…

Elitist School Systems – teachers with high ambition and parents with low expectations (double-whammy)

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 21, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics.] Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations…

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