Development Economics (Audio)

The major states of India provide some good cross-sectional variation for estimating the impact of trade on poverty reduction.

The law has really helped in the fight against Indian air pollution, but there has been less success with water.  Why the difference?

This heroic story starts with Norman Borlaug, and it spreads to Pakistan and India.  Millions of people end up being fed and science is to be thanked.

Why has India had so much trouble making advances in agricultural productivity?

Energy and power are proving to be some of India's biggest problems and here is a look at why, in economic terms.

Can you use corruption to get a driver's license in India?  What does this imply about life on the road?

One of the recurring themes of recent RCTs is that apparently small incentives can make a big, big difference.

How is it that Kerala has had such good social indicators?  What is going on behind the data here?

Private education is booming in modern India, the greatest experiment in private education since 19th century Great Britain. Why? What are the results?

Cable TV has had a bigger impact than many of us think, perhaps most of all on women's lives.