The Indian National Interest Review
Given India’s massive urban infrastructure needs, it will have to rely on different options to raise a share of the resources required. The urban planner Donald Shoup has evocatively captured… Continue reading "Value capture from infrastructure investments"
The new Urban Development Minister has vowed to ensure housing for all urban residents by 2020. He has some challenge at hand. The Government estimated a deficit of 18.78 million housing… Continue reading "India’s urban housing challenge"
The development of our cities requires overcoming several challenges. It is now well established that cities are the engines of India’s economic dynamism. A report by the Indian Institute for… Continue reading "An agenda for urban reforms"
A gradualist approach stands a much greater likelihood of success with reforming a complex legacy system like land records. Among all the problems faced while doing business in India, there… Continue reading "Reforming India’s land titling system"
For ending corruption and improving governance, we need to institutionalise reforms in personnel deployments and procurements by the government. There are no more important contributors to our governance failures and pervasive… Continue reading "No arbitrary transfers, no corruption in procurements"
Among India’s still-born second generation reforms, labour market reforms is one of the most important and politically difficult. A labyrinth of state and central labour market regulations, nearly 250 in… Continue reading "Labour market reforms in India"
The political economy risk to the RBI’s institutional credibility. The appointments of central bank governors have become almost as high-profile and important as that of finance ministers. In recent weeks,… Continue reading "Central banking in crisis"
How to address the problem of government officials demanding bribes from citizens for accessing public services. The anger and indignation that has aroused the civil society in India in recent months… Continue reading "Fighting harassment corruption"
A collaborative approach to solving development problems in India. It is widely acknowledged that program implementation is the Achilles Heel of India’s massive social policy administration. The search for explanations… Continue reading "How to improve social policy design"
Develop local strategies that seek to increase the civic sensibilities and public responsibilities of citizens. The popular explanation for India’s dysfunctional democracy is its corrupt and weak governance. We despair… Continue reading "The challenge with law enforcement"