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Op-ed May 8, 2020

Opinion | COVID-19: With guidance from govt, RWAs can play a crucial role in deploying community testing, overseeing quarantine across the country

To further standardise the process of testing, RWAs will need to be given a standard operating procedure with an emphasis on ensuring no discrimination against those who may be sampled or test positive.

Blog May 7, 2020

Artha Global CEO Reuben Abraham Speaks to Hub Culture

In this Hub Culture video, CEO and Senior Fellow Reuben Abraham speaks to Hub Culture’s Executive Editor Edie Lush on urban trends across the world

Blog May 7, 2020

IDFC Institute’s Research on Urbanisation is Quoted in Research Matters

In 2018, IDFC Institute’s work on urban definitions was published in The Journal of Asian Economics. This work was cited in an article on Research Matters

Blog May 7, 2020

Modi’s New Challenge Is Embracing Urbanization

In this article on the Atlantic emphasising urbanisation as an important policy for NDA’s second term, the author cites the case made by Reuben Abraham, CEO-Artha Global and Pritika Hingorani, CEO-Artha India.

Op-ed May 6, 2020

Opinion | After eventual lifting of lockdown, behavioural science must form key part of India’s COVID-19 response

By Priya Vedavalli & Kadambari Shah

How much the virus spreads will, to a large extent, depend on how effectively we bring about and sustain these behavioural shifts.

Paper April 30, 2020

PM Garib Kalyan Yojana: Coverage, Identification and Implementation

By Harshita Agrawal, Sneha P, Prakhar Misra, Tvesha Sippy, Sharmadha Srinivasan, Vaidehi Tandel & Priya Vedavalli

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) is a relief package of Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore announced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Policy Brief April 30, 2020

COVID-19 response policies: A comparison of Indian States

By Mehul Das, Avanti Durani, Isalyne Gennaro, Sneha P, Kadambari Shah, Tvesha Sippy & Priya Vedavalli

This note documents the strategies and policies adopted by Indian state governments at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Op-ed April 21, 2020

Opinion | COVID-19: COVID-19 a grim reminder for govts to improve sanitation, housing in cities to prevent pandemics; science won’t be enough

By Vaidehi Tandel

The ability to quickly overpower disease outbreaks through the use of science, innovation and technology had led governments to neglect their role in effective prevention of such epidemics

Op-ed April 16, 2020

Why does India have so few COVID-19 cases and deaths?

By Arpit Gupta, Dr. Anup Malani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

India is four times more populous than the US, but has just 2% the number of cases and only 1.5% of the number of Covid-19 deaths. How has the country, whose per capita income is just tenth of the US, avoided being flattened by the pandemic?

Op-ed April 6, 2020

Opinion | Covid-19: To get an accurate estimate of the spread, India must ensure random community testing

By Arpit Gupta, Dr. Anup Malani & Dr. Reuben Abraham

While we have estimates on the number of deaths, we are flying blind in estimating the denominator of the fatality rate.

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