People may avoid migrating if they cannot insure themselves against the risk of a bad outcome. Governments can reduce the consumption risk faced by migrants by allowing them to access social protection...
This paper examines the impact of Covid-19 on a host of labor market outcomes in India, using a continuous household survey. Cross-sectional trends of headline indicators like unemployment and labor force...
This paper uses data on nearly half a million actual shipments from a trucking portal in India to provide evidence on how trucking costs depend on route characteristics and affect the intensive and extensive...
This paper is part of the World Bank’s efforts to measure and monitor results for its Development Policy Operation to strengthen India’s social protection architecture. It presents a stock-taking of India’s...
This paper estimates a model of household-level demand for electricity services and electricity demand in the Indian state of Rajasthan using a combination of household-level survey and administrative...
The article takes stock of the social protection measures implemented through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) to respond to the livelihoods impact of COVID-19 in India. The paper reports...
Many governments in developing countries have pursued policies targeting specific geographic areas over the past several decades. However, only a few have rigorously evaluated the causal impact of these...
Punjab is the 15th most developed state in India in terms of nominal per-capita gross domestic product (GDP). Its rank was 6 in the year 2000. Punjab’s average real growth rate has been lower than the...
Kerala is the eighth most developed state in India in terms of nominal per-capita gross domestic product (GDP). Kerala’s real growth rate over the past decade (2011-2019) has averaged 6.3 percent, lower...