Events

This joint seminar brought together the Executive Directors of five institutions, namely, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India Development Foundation (IDF), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP to present their more reflective assessment of the...   Read More

Measuring the Wealth of Nations Sir Partha Dasgupta, one of India’s most eminent economists and globally recognized for his vast contributions to both theory and applied research in economics, delivered NCAER’s 6th C D Deshmukh Memorial Lecture at the Nehru Memorial Library Auditorium, Teen Murti, in New Delhi, on February 9, 2018.  The Honourable Union Finance Minister,...   Read More

On Friday, January 19, 2018, NCAER invited Aradhna Aggarwal, Chair Professor, Indian Studies, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School and held a lecture, “Impact of SEZs on Poverty and Human Well-being in Undivided Andhra Pradesh”. Nilotpal Goswami, Director General, CAG was the discussant for the seminar. Professor Aggarwal’s joint paper with Ari...   Read More

Malcolm Childress Co-Founder and Executive Director, Land Alliance & David Spievack Lead Research Architect for PRIndex, Land Alliance   NCAER is organizing first of its 2018 seminars on “PRIndex”, a global indicator of citizens’ perceptions of the security of property rights, with Malcolm Childress, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Land Alliance, Inc., and David Spievack, Lead Research...   Read More

NCAER organized a seminar on “PRIndex”, a global indicator of citizens’ perceptions of the security of property rights, with Malcolm Childress, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Land Alliance, Inc., and David Spievack, Lead Research Architect for PRIndex, also at Land Alliance. PRIndex aims to fill the information gap about individual perceptions of property rights by...   Read More

A brainstorming session on ‘Methodologies for Collection of Time Use Data’, organised by NCAER’s newly set up National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC), was held at NCAER, New Delhi, on January 12, 2018. Apart from Shekhar Shah, Director-General, NCAER, and Sonalde Desai, Senior Fellow, NCAER and Director of NCAER’s newly set up National Data Innovation Centre...   Read More

NCAER organised a conversation with Shanta Devarajan, Senior Director for Development Economics at the World Bank in Washington DC and Non-resident Senior Fellow, on what to do when markets and governments fail poor people in delivering services in health, education, infrastructure, the environment, and the rule of law.  This talk by Devarajan’s at NCAER was built...   Read More

A three-institution study of the modernization of land records in three Indian States was released at an event held at the India International Centre, today. The study recommends a number of reforms that could help to improve property records and services, enhance the impact of computerizing land records, and potentially reduce land related litigation in...   Read More

In a long standing partnership with the India International Centre, NCAER released its 2017-18 Mid-year Review (MYR) of the Indian Economy. The MYR presents the most comprehensive, independent assessment of the Indian economy. Dr Shekhar Shah opened the seminar with his welcome note, followed by Air Marshal (Retd.) Naresh Verma, Director, IIC. Dr Bimal Jalan, Former President NCAER...   Read More

The launch of the latest NCAER book, “The 21st Century: Asia’s?", by Rajat Nag took place at the India International Centre today. The book is based on five lectures delivered by Nag at NCAER. In these lectures, Mr Nag shared his insights and experiences garnered during his long years of work on development issues in Asia. Many...   Read More