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The curious history of conditional cash transfers

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 15, 20114 mins

Brazilian Maria shows off her “Bolsa Familia” social plan card (Pic: courtesy guardian.co.uk) [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of six excerpts from chapter 4 (education policy) of Abhijit…

The Invisible City Makers in Bangalore

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: When I was researching for this post on CSTEP, I came across an exhaustive 98-page report (authored in 2010) on the homeless in Bangalore. The research was done in collaboration with…

Attracting diaspora to address India's higher education faculty gap

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 13, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

Will They Return? Insights on Attracting Higher Education Diaspora Faculty

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, academic collaborators from Rutgers University, Penn State University and Tata Institute of Social Sciences published an insightful study that quantified the severe…

Pratham's Contributions to Indian Education Policy Debate

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 10, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the fourth in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. The…

Middle ground between the supply-wallahs and demand-wallahs

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 07, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the third in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

The Supply Demand Wars in Education Policy – Part 2

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 06, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series of six excerpts from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics, specifically from chapter 4 (on education policy) – Top of the Class. Part…

Supply-Demand Wars in Education Policy – Part 1

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 02, 20113 mins

[Editor’s Note: The best non-fiction book I ever borrowed used to be Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel. That distinction is in real danger of being usurped by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s…

Working for informed and participatory democracy – the PRS story

Vishy KurugantiAugust 09, 20116 mins

[Editor’s Note: It’s a pleasure to bring TechSangam’s first guest post, on PRS Legislative Research (PRS), from Yogesh Upadhyaya. Yogesh is co-founder of banking and financial services software…

CSTEP: World-class research meets policy and decision making

Vishy KurugantiJuly 05, 20112 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last month, I had a meeting with Dr. S.S. Krishnan, Principal Research Scientist and Energy Efficiency category lead at Bangalore-based CSTEP. This post is based on our conversation…

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