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The War on Poverty during COVID-19: 3 Strategies for Governments to Use

Aug 26, 2020

The War on Poverty during COVID-19: 3 Strategies for Governments to Use

Francois Gerard, Clement Imbert and Kate Orkin recommend that developing nations provide social protection to their most vulnerable citizens through broad ‘safety nets’ during the COVID-19 crisis. They outline three strategies governments can use. COVID-19 lockdowns, across the globe, have carried heavy economic costs, but those in developing countries have been hit particularly hard because of lower income levels and larger unorganised economic sectors (in India, this compri

Questions for the 15th Finance Commission to Answer

Jun 16, 2020

Questions for the 15th Finance Commission to Answer

The 15th Finance Commission is expected to submit its five year report. Read on to know how and why this is important, especially for centre-state relations and a list of questions the commission will have to confront. The bulk of the responsibility to fight the virus is upon the states. This battle has exponentially increased their expenditure burden. Meanwhile, revenues have been hit by the various phases of lockdown. Against this backdrop, the 15th Finance Commission is ex

IPC’s Big Think: Abhijit Sen (Part 2)

May 28, 2020

IPC’s Big Think: Abhijit Sen (Part 2)

This is part two of the first of IPC’s series of ‘big think’ interviews, with Abhijit Sen. The idea behind the series is that experts present crucial policy issues and solutions, in the simplest way possible, for laypeople to understand. In this part, Sen, economist and former member of India’s planning and finance commissions, shines a light on the economic measures necessary to get India out of the medical and economic crisis that is COVID-19. What the economic package to g

IPC’s Big Think: Abhijit Sen (Part 1)

May 26, 2020

IPC’s Big Think: Abhijit Sen (Part 1)

IPC is launching a series of ‘big think’ interviews where experts break down crucial policy issues and their solutions in the simplest way possible. Our first is with Abhijit Sen, economist and former member of India’s planning and finance commissions. He dissects the COVID-19 crisis from an economic as well as medical angle and recommends solutions. The interview is in two parts. This is part one. On a quiet locked down evening Abhijit Sen spoke to IPC for well over an hour