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Why don’t we spend much more on nutrition and education? The Brookings Institute tackles this question highlighting our research. "The cost-effectiveness of nutrition interventions is well known. According to the Copenhagen Consensus, each dollar spent on nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a...

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Tata Trusts releases an in-depth review of the India Consensus model. The India Consensus approach complements the government’s top-down policy planning model. True to its name, the Consensus brings together a wide range of stakeholders, among them governments, nonprofits, public intellectuals,...

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Tata Trusts releases an in-depth review of the India Consensus model. The India Consensus approach complements the government’s top-down policy planning model. True to its name, the Consensus brings together a wide range of stakeholders, among them governments, nonprofits, public intellectuals,...

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Shireen Vakil discusses our research on the smartest education investments. According to a cost-benefit analysis conducted by India Consensus, a partnership between Tata Trusts and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, an investment of Rs1,333 ($21) per student per year, would create a multiplier effect...

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Shireen Vakil discusses our research on the smartest education investments. According to a cost-benefit analysis conducted by India Consensus, a partnership between Tata Trusts and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, an investment of Rs1,333 ($21) per student per year, would create a multiplier effect...

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Shireen Vakil discusses our research on the smartest education investments. According to a cost-benefit analysis conducted by India Consensus, a partnership between Tata Trusts and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, an investment of Rs1,333 ($21) per student per year, would create a multiplier effect...

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Bjorn Lomborg discusses the potential benefits of the Ghana Priorities project in Graphic Online. In Ghana, we would work with stakeholders across every vital area – from education and healthcare to environment, agriculture and infrastructure – to find dozens of the most promising policies,...

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Bjorn Lomborg discusses the research findings on the best policies to reduce domestic violence in Andhra Pradesh. In the coastal state of Andhra Pradesh, the Copenhagen Consensus Center recently collaborated with Tata Trusts, one of India’s oldest philanthropies, to identify the best policy options...

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Nilanjan Banik, Professor of Economics at Bennett University, and Manorama Bakshi, Senior Adviser to the India Consensus project discuss smart interventions to improve the lives of farmers. Among all the states in India, Rajasthan has one of the lowest farmer suicide rates. However, this does not...

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Nilanjan Banik, Professor of Economics at Bennett University, and Manorama Bakshi, Senior Adviser to the India Consensus project discuss smart interventions to improve the lives of farmers. Among all the states in India, Rajasthan has one of the lowest farmer suicide rates. However, this does not...

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