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Author(s):Shannon Spanhake
Membership:Information Access and Privacy,Crosswalk,

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Author(s):Jay Chaudhuri
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A flagship programme of the UPA government, the NREGS was announced in 2005. It was introduced in 200 of the country’s most backward districts in 2006 and was expanded to cover all 615 rural districts across India in 2008. Today, NREGS is the largest work guarantee programme in the world. This scheme brief examines some of the challenges the scheme faces and also summarizes evidence regarding progress towards meeting the scheme’s stated objectives.

Professor Nirvikar Singh - Editorial discussing Outlays to Outcomes Conference
Author(s):Jay Chaudhuri
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Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz, Nirvikar Singh asks in a LiveMinst Op-Ed, "Can a poor country such as India have a more efficient government, one which spends more effectively?". This article builds on the issues presented by Professor Singh  at the Outlays to Outcomes Conference in Delhi. 

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Author(s):Shannon Spanhake
Membership:Owl

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Pushing Lenders to Over-comply with Environmental Regulations: A Developing Country Perspective
Author(s):Parashar Kulkarni
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In the past few years, the number of lenders adopting voluntary environmental codes, such as the Equator Principles, is increasing. The main reasons for this form of over-compliance include warm glow preferences of agents, credit risk and incentives arising from regulation. Empirical evidence suggests that lenders that over-comply are generally bigger than those that don’t. In particular, they are likely to be MNCs. In addition, the behaviour of overcomplying lenders differs from other lenders, for instance they are more likely to incorporate environmental risks in their lending practises. In the context of developing countries, incentives that promote over-compliance exist to a much lesser degree. Analysing the regulatory environment in developing countries, we find no compelling reason for regulators to encourage voluntary initiatives such as the Equator Principles.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Author(s):Jay Chaudhuri
Membership:Scheme Briefs

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a comprehensive plan to provide free education to all children in the age group 6-14 years. It was launched in 2001 with an initial outlay of Rs.7,000 crore. This brief presents the salient features of the scheme and highlights its impact on elementary and primary education to date.

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Author(s):Shannon Spanhake
Membership:Information Access and Privacy,Owl,

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The climate exile alarm by S.Byravan and S.C Rajan; Opinion News Analysis, The Hindu, July 15, 2022
Author(s):Sujatha Byravan
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The Full Climate Change Tale
Author(s):Jessica Wallack
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Editorial from Mint, India's affiliate of the Wall Street Journal on opportunities for rapid impact on climate change. 

The Other Climate Changers
Author(s):Jessica Wallack
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Link to article in Foreign Affairs, September/October 2009 issue on the strategic potential of reducing black carbon and ozone as a fast-acting way to mitigate climate change.