National Council of Applied Economic Research
NCAER’s 15th India Policy Forum was held in New Delhi on July 10-11, 2018. The conference brought together a distinguished gathering of researchers, policymakers, politicians, industry participants and the media. The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu addressed the opening session of the two-day conference. Dr Shekhar Shah, NCAER’s Director-General, welcoming Shri Prabhu, said: “This... Read More
Special 15th Anniversary IPF Event Reflections: India’s Chief Economic Advisor in Conversation Dr Arvind Subramanian talking to Prof Karthik Muralidharan Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Chair, University of California, San Diego and NCAER Arvind Subramanian is the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and will be leaving that position soon after nearly four years in... Read More
Background The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER with its consortium partners, University of Maryland and University of Michigan, has recently... Read More
Background The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER with its consortium partners, University of Maryland and University of Michigan, has recently... Read More
NCAER invited a talk by Dr Paul Gruenwald on “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What will determine its success?” Gruenwald is Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings, Singapore. The seminar was attended by NCAER Research team and invited scholars. In his presentation. Gruenwald discussed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is an ambitious plan aimed at... Read More
NCAER staff had the privilege on April 10 of listening to members of the core team of the 2018 WDR on Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. At hand were both WDR co-directors, Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers, and WDR team member & senior economist Tara Beteille. This is the first WDR entirely dedicated to education. In a... Read More
NCAER and the International Monetary Fund released a seminal, new IMF book Digital Revolutions in Public Finance, on the reshaping of public finance by digitalization, at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on April 4, 2018. The Government of India taxes and spends through its fiscal policy. The design and implementation of its fiscal policy is fundamentally... Read More
The NCAER-National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) and Institute for Financial Management Research-India Initiative for What Works (IFMR-IIWW) jointly organised an initiative called Kathopakathan (conversation) on Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Viceregal Hall, The Claridges, New Delhi, on March 24, 2018. NCAER-NDIC seeks to develop innovative approaches to collecting data for development, including data on gender, while IFMR-IIWW focuses... Read More
NCAER invited a talk on “Trends in India’s Income Distribution” by Dr Surjit S. Bhalla on February 15, 2018. Dr Bhalla is Senior India Analyst for the Observatory Group, Chairman of Oxus Research & Investments and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and of NCAER’s Governing Body. Dr Pronab Sen, Country Director... Read More
NCAER invited Dr Poonam Gupta, Lead Economist, the World Bank for an exclusive presentation of the 2018 India Development Update—India’s Growth Story. The India Development Update is a biannual flagship publication of the World Bank which takes stock of the Indian economy. Dr Gupta discussed the current, March 2018 issue, titled “India’s Growth Story” which describes the state of... Read More
