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Improving police responsiveness to gender-based violence: Evidence from India, with Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (UVA ) and Akshay Mangla (Oxford).
VoxDev, November 2, 2022.
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Women officers must be on front lines of policing, with Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (UVA ) and Akshay Mangla (Oxford).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, August 1, 2022.
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Improving last mile delivery using phone-based monitoring, with Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD), Paul Niehaus (UCSD), and Jeff Weaver (USC).
VoxDev, August 1, 2021.
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In-kind transfers as insurance, with Lucie Gadenne (Warwick), Sam Norris (Chicago), and Monica Singhal(UC Davis).
March 1, 2021.
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Need to keep an open mind, pilot cautiously. Urban work guarantee symposium, Ideas for India, September 24, 2020.
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Evaluating the Aadhaar-PDS link, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, February, 2020.
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Strengthen NREGS to support the rural economy, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, March, 2019.
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Use mobiles to improve governance, with Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD), Paul Niehaus (UCSD), and Jeff Weaver (USC).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, December, 2018.
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Go for an "Inclusive Growth Dividend" in India, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, November, 2018.
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Ensuring that #MeToo Doesn't Fizzle Out, with Padmini Baruah.
Op-ed, LiveMint, November, 2018.
[Published version] -
We Need a Choice-based Approach in the Public Distribution System, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, Hindustan Times, October, 2018.
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Balancing the costs and benefits of Aadhaar, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, LiveMint, March, 2018.
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Direct Benefits Transfer in Food: Results from One Year of Process Monitoring in Union Territories, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Policy Note, September, 2017.
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Price Risk and Poverty, with Lucie Gadenne (Warwick), Sam Norris (Northwestern), and Monica Singhal (UC Davis).
Ideas for India, May, 2017.
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What do We Know about Corruption in India?, with Milan Vaishnav (CEIP).
Ideas for India, July, 2015.
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Building State Capacity for Better Programme Implementation: Lessons from the Andhra Pradesh Smartcard Programme, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Ideas for India, December, 2014.
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The Sweet Spot.
Op-ed, The Indian Express, November, 2014.
[Published version] -
Because the Price was Right.
Op-ed, The Indian Express, February, 2014.
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Two Questions about the 2G Scam.
Ideas for India, March, 2013.
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Implementing a Biometric Payment System: The Andhra Pradesh Experience, with Piali Mukhopadhyay (GiveDirectly), Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD) and Paul Niehaus (UCSD).
[Technical report, 2013] -
Corruption in MGNREGA.
Ideas for India, July, 2012.
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What Determines MGNREGA Wages? Some Evidence on Voice and Exit from Orissa.
India in Transition, April 9, 2012.
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The Right to Choose your Food, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
Op-ed, The Indian Express, August 2, 2011.
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Assessing the Scope for Cash Transfers in lieu of the TPDS in Rural and Urban Bihar, with Karthik Muralidharan and Paul Niehaus (both UCSD).
[Policy report, 2011] -
The Bigger They are, the Harder They Fall: The Cost of the Crisis in Corporate Governance, with Carol Graham and Robert Litan (both Brookings).
Milken Institute Review, 5(1): First Quarter 2003, pp 37-45.