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Blog February 13, 2025

Investing in Public Transit Systems Improves Efficiency of Labour Markets

When cities expand and people begin living outside their limits while commuting to work within the city, mass transit systems, such as railways, become critical in connecting the burgeoning peripheries with the city core.

Blog February 13, 2025

Tapping Indian cities’ unrealised growth potential

Cities contribute extensively to the country’s growth; it is estimated that 59%-70% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from them.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | How cities, not states, can solve the world’s biggest problems

By Dr. Reuben Abraham

Cities, not nation states, are the dominant form of human civilization in the 21st century.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | Urbanization: No City-Dweller Left Behind

By Harshita Agrawal

With the Indian general elections around the corner, the team at IDFC Institute wrote a manifesto for planning for our urban future for Pragati.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | Failing to acknowledge urbanisation undermines quality of life

By Kadambari Shah & Harshita Agrawal

In this Hindustan Times article, Associate Kadambari Shah and Senior Analyst Harshita Agrawal write about how undercounting urban areas leads to inadequate service delivery and lowers quality of life.

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | The other data challenge: Measuring life in a metro

By Kadambari Shah, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Harshita Agrawal

How can policymakers improve the management of Indian cities?

Op-ed February 13, 2025

Opinion | Mumbai’s Seroprevalence Results Point the Way On Urban Reform

By Patrick Lamson-Hall, Kadambari Shah & Harshita Agrawal

Mumbai’s seroprevalence studies point to structural issues in urban planning and housing in the city, particularly in slums.

Report February 10, 2025

A Survey of Changing Dynamics in Rural India: Female Labour Force Participation and Livelihood Schemes

By Dr. Neelanjan Sircar, Priya Vedavalli, Ishana Deshpande, & Naisha Khanna

This report unpacks the rise in Female Labour Force Participation in India’s rural economy, based on surveys of 2,381 women while studying the effect of migration, asset ownership and welfare schemes.

Op-ed February 5, 2025

Opinion | Artificial intelligence tools raise productivity. They can also act as great equalizers

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

In this article for Mint, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Executive Director, Artha Global, states that studies show how AI can close organisational and societal skill gaps. But this raises a profound question. Does everyone becoming an expert mean nobody will be an expert? Read the article here Banner image sourced from Unsplash.

Op-ed February 3, 2025

Opinion | In economy’s shifting sands, a budget to boost demand

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

In this article for Mint, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Executive Director, Artha Global, states that as the tide of post-pandemic demand ebbs and a new fiscal framework takes shape, Nirmala Sitharaman’s latest budget aims to tackle a slowdown it seems to consider cyclical in nature. Read the article here.

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