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Global action. A body, akin to WTO, which can enforce rules to govern multilateral action on climate change is the need of the hour. Ahead of the first global stock take on climate action, due to take place at COP28 in Dubai, a new report released by the United Nations on November 14has reiterated the...   Read More

In her 2009 book Dead Aid, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo probes why Africa trails in economic prosperity compared to other emerging nations. Global narratives often overlook the need for creative, transformative and continent-specific changes. One such area is Africa’s financial sector. As a pivotal player in Africa’s development, the sector, unfortunately, has been unable to...   Read More

Work-life. There is no consensus on the optimum weekly work hours. But working hours must be linked to productivity and output Arriving at an optimum and acceptable work hours has been a continuing debate in labour and employment discourse and we are far from a consensus. The debate was triggered again when recently Infosys co-founder...   Read More

The International Monetary Fund’s 2022 Strategy to Mainstream Gender calls for an intentional and systematic approach to integrating gender into macroeconomic policies to foster strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth. This Note argues that the IMF is filling a critical gap in its mandate by mainstreaming gender into its work. It makes the case that (i)...   Read More

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 126th Round of its Business Expectations Survey (BES) in September 2023, with support from the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). NCAER has been carrying out the BES every quarter since 1992, covering 500...   Read More

Business sentiments rose in 2023–24: Q2 as compared to last quarter The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), one of India’s premier economic policy research think tanks, carried out the 126th Round of its Business Expectations Survey (BES) in September 2023, with support from the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). NCAER has...   Read More

Fish contributes to ensuring domestic food and nutritional security and India registered a per capita yearly consumption of over 13 kg in 2022-23. In addition, more varieties of fish are available for consumption by households through expanding market networks. However, Indian consumption is still below the international standard. Augmenting the level of consumption is a...   Read More

The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of publications, op-eds and data news based on the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland. While two earlier rounds of the survey were completed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, respectively, the third round has also been launched and is currently underway...   Read More

E-vehicle adoption needs changes in building bye-laws and huge charging infra. Complementing with biofuels is pragmatic. Given that vehicles are the biggest culprits for polluting Delhi, the government has launched a stringent drive against polluting vehicles this year, through measures such as banning petrol and diesel vehicles older than 15 years and 10 years, respectively;...   Read More

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