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Unpacking Urban Informality
Nithya Raman

This collection of projects attempts to deepen our understanding of urban informality in a historical context, both of slums and informal livelihood activities, and present strategies that can improve conditions for slumdwellers and informal sector workers by working within existing urban institutional structures.

Inclusive Planning and Infrastructure
David Fuente

Projects in this initiative seek to understand and document the ways in which city residents access land, infrastructure, and services in practice, particularly the urban poor. Building on this knowledge and with a focus on the poor, projects also suggest means of improving the quality of and access to services.

Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
David Fuente

Examines policies and practices that promote environmentally sustainable urban development.

Publications

Economic Environment Index
Author(s):Sreyamsa Bairiganjan
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Authors: Santosh Singh/Chinmay Kumar/L Somasundaram

We view economic environment, as how a government exercises its power in the management of social and economic resources for the region’s development. It is the ability of local governments to provide the social, physical and institutional infrastructure that forms the enabling environment for the overall growth and development of households and industries. The Economic Environment Index (EEI) that we are proposing is essentially a measure of this enabling environment provided by the local bodies for private enterprise and households. It is a comparative measure of the government influenced conditions under which the private enterprise and households (which affect business environment) operate. EEI that is constructed here is based on both objective data and survey data of users/stakeholders experience.

Fieldwork guiding tools
Author(s):Sreyamsa Bairiganjan
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This is a compilation of all tools used for the CDF-WRI clean energy research work. The tools were modified according to the situation in the field. This document tries to capture all required and relevnt information through tools such as FGDs, structured and semi-structured interviews. 

Cooking Practices and Cookstoves Field Insights: A Pilot Study of User Experience with Traditional and Improved Cookstoves
Type:Working paper
Author(s):Sreyamsa Bairiganjan
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The pilot study of user experience with traditional and improved cookstoves based on research in five Indian states. Provides an understanding of traditional cooking practices,looks at some of the improved cook stoves currently in the market & assesses user experience surrounding use of these improved cookstoves.



Program areas

Research Network

CDF Network of researchers who collaborate on various projects

Rural Infrastructure and Governance

RIG works with governments, social entrepreneurs, and civil society groups to improve the efficacy of public and private development finance for critical infrastructure and services throughout rural India.

Urban Infrastructure and Governance

UIG conducts research and engages public and private sector stakeholders to develop solutions to promote inclusive access to high quality infrastructure and services.

Environmentally Sustainable Finance

We support scalable private and community interventions as well as policies to make India's economy more environmentally sustainable from the bottom up.

Strategy Advisory Group

We draw on cutting edge academic research, business management tools, and systems development expertise to help socially-focused organizations and entrepreneurs catalyze their impact on development in India.

Development Metrics

Seeking to break the information asymmetry at various levels to foster development