Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and Shireen Vakil heads the Policy and Advocacy unit of the Tata Trusts discuss the India Consensus research on Nutrition.
The Integrated Child Devel...
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 ...
Clone of Technology can’t replace teachers in classrooms
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 Cent...
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 I...
A new article published in The Economic Times discusses findings from the Rajasthan Priorities project in the light of corporate social responsibility.The authors, Prabhat Pani, head of partnerships & technology...
India’s total energy losses are significantly more than international norms—wastage that state budgets cannot afford, but what are the smartest interventions to improve energy distribution and storage? Two separate ...
Education reforms: Getting children into classrooms is no longer enough
New research covered by The Hindustan Times shows which policies contribute most effectively to enhancing education in Rajasthan. The Indian government over time has taken several initiatives to make the education s...
Early childhood is when education makes the biggest difference, calling for quality preschool programmes
New research written by Abusaleh Shariff, Chief Scholar US-India Policy Institute, Washington D. C and Amit Sharma, Consultant, The World Bank, New Delhi this paper examines three key interventions to improve early ...
Why expenditure on 'Swachh Bharat' is worthy and needs to be increased
Nearly half of global deaths from diarrhoea occur in India – and most of these 800,000 annual deaths are due to a lack of clean drinking water and sanitation, according to a comprehensive global study. But what poli...
Research by Gaurav Bhatiani and Harsha Meenawat of IL&FS reviews three important interventions which could contribute to rural household electrification in Rajasthan: grid electrification; solar microgrids; and ...
Burgeoning Indian cities need infrastructure development to keep pace with growth
Research by Gagan Nigam of IL&FS examines three interventions which could support the rapidly growing city of Udaipur in Rajasthan. This paper conducts a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of three urban interven...
Indian states are testing a new way of setting development priorities
The Economist discusses a development path forward for India, highlighting our latest research findings.
What if, instead of promoting favoured schemes, Indian governments instead challenged experts to propose the c...
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: The arithmetics of housing for all
New research on costs and benefits from housing policies is written by Amitabh Kundu, Distinguished Fellow at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries and Arjun Kumar, Visiting Fellow at the Inst...
Reduce domestic violence, and it will unleash an economic bonanza worth thousands of crores
New research paper by Srinivas Raghavendra, Mrinal Chadha, and Nata Duvvury of the National University of Ireland Galway helps close gaps in the evidence related to interventions aimed at reducing domestic violence....
Almost 60% of land holding in Rajasthan is by small and marginal farmers, who cannot reap the benefits of large scale farming and are unable to achieve market prices for their produce. Research published in The Fina...
New research by Bjorn Larsen outlines policies which could improve the lives of millions of people in Rajasthan by reducing the pollution caused by indoor cookstoves. Almost 70% of the population in Rajasthan still ...
An oped this week in Mint reported on research into two important policy options which aim to tackle poverty in Rajasthan.
The research was conducted by Munshi Sulaiman, Research Director of Save the Children Intern...
A new study by Nirupama Soundararajan and Shagun Khurana of Pahle India Foundation (PIF) looks at how business reforms can help Rajasthan get ahead, estimating both costs and benefits of the policies.
Time for Indian states to pick best opportunities to compete globally
New research examines policies for enhancing export trading opportunities from Rajasthan. Rajasthan is India’s largest state in land area and is a leading producer of agricultural commodities. Its ambition is to inc...
New research published in Mint Newspaper highlights which policies will be most effective at improving agricultural productivity. Small and marginal farmers in Rajasthan suffer from water scarcity together with poor...
Diabetes and heart disease should be top health priorities
Chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease have a devastating and growing impact and now account for about 60% of all deaths in India. Between 1995 and 2014, the incidence of self-reporting of chr...
An article published in The Economic Times highlights opportunities to further reduce infant and maternal mortality. In Rajasthan, infant mortality dropped from 65 to 41 deaths per live birth between 2005/6 and 2015...
The Rajasthan Priorities project is happy to announce the members of its Eminent Panel.
The Eminent Panel members are some of the most prestigious economists in India: Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory...
New research released today highlights different ways for Rajasthan to solve its skilling crisis. Skilling Rajasthan is a huge challenge: In the next five years, the state needs 53 lakh skilled people in the labour ...
Fighting TB matters since one case treated saves many others
A new research paper released today has tailored, policy-relevant data showing how Rajasthan can bring forward the eradication of Tuberculosis, the ambition set by Prime Minister Modi. Bjorn Lomborg, president of Co...
Identifying the policies that work best against child marriage: Empowerment of girls is the key
Bjorn Lomborg discusses our latest release on smart interventions to address child marriage.
Despite significant progress against child marriage, it remains a huge challenge. Last year 320 lakh girls under 18 were m...
Last week, the India Consensus team was asked to speak at PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry ton “Ease of Doing Work for Women” & Report Release on 8th March 2018, by PHD Chamber of Commerce at PHD House, Ne...
Latest Presentation to the Rajasthan Economic Association
Dr. Manorama Bakshi, Senior Adviser Outreach and Partnerships for the India Consensus, recently presented at the Rajasthan Economic Association. Her presentation covered such topic as the need for prioritizatio...
Earlier this week, Dr Bjørn Lomborg President Copenhagen Consensus Center gave a talk on Rajasthan Priorities to students at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur campus. The talk focused on how youth can ma...
In dinner meet hosted for Rajasthan Priorities project, Bjørn Lomborg, President, Copenhagen Consensus Center presented the early finding of cost-benefit studies along with next years plan of action.
Chief Secretary of Government of Rajasthan Meeting
Bjørn Lomborg President, Copenhagen Consensus Center and India Consensus team met with Chief Secretary of Government of Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Jain and briefed him on the ongoing policy prioritisation project for the...
The first Rajasthan Advisory Committee meeting was held on November 28, 2017, at Hotel Clarks Amer Jaipur, Rajasthan. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the list of interventions for cost-benefit analysis and...
Meeting with Maharaja Jai Singh - from Royal Family
Maharaja Jai Singh- from Royal Family had extended invitation to discuss issues concerning Rajasthan at his Rambagh palace on 28th July 2017. Maharaj is a pioneer in the field of Tourism and Hotel industry wanted to...
