Key questions for institutions of our digital future

Blog January 23, 2023

Key questions for institutions of our digital future

By Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

What institutional arrangements can unlock the full potential of DPI?

Blog January 18, 2023

Reimagining Institutions for a Digital Age

By Vikram Sinha

Digital Public Infrastructure does not merely enable digital analogues of traditional state-led governance systems; it has the potential to reimagine what governance entails in many respects.

Blog December 23, 2022

Three developments offer a way to fund climate ready cities

By Saurabh Modi

Cities must invest to fix poor air quality and extreme floods. Solutions at home offer new approaches that go beyond top-down devolution of funds.

Blog November 29, 2022

India’s energy transition in five maps

By Akshay Shetty, Anjali Shaji, Purnima Mahajan & Saurabh Modi

Five keys maps that show the local consequences of India’s energy transition, including new economic opportunities and challenges.

Blog October 28, 2022

What is the Centre for Rapid Insights?

By Neha Sinha

The Centre for Rapid Insights provides quick, data driven insights into economic development, public service delivery and governance in India.

Blog October 12, 2022

India’s poor road safety record and what we can do about it

By Milo Rees Roberts

India’s highways make up 5% of its roads, but account for 61% of road accidents, revealing an urgent need for more stringent road safety measures.

Blog October 7, 2022

The economic limits of cryptocurrencies

By Sharmadha Srinivasan & Dr. Hemant Adarkar

Cryptocurrencies’ inherent limitations make it unlikely that they will achieve mass adoption and threaten monetary stability

Blog September 28, 2022

Digital Public Infrastructure | 3 areas for collaboration in social protection

By Priya Vedavalli & Sridhar Ganapathy

Public-private partnerships can help migrants access information, awareness of entitlements, and grievance redressal mechanisms related to social protection schemes

Blog August 1, 2022

India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign: understanding vaccine demand

By Sofia Imad & Anushka Bhansali

We use data from Meta’s COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey to understand vaccine hesitancy, access and trusted sources of information in India.

Blog July 12, 2022

Brave New World Podcast: Episode 8 How Social Media Threatens Society

The internet has changed our lives, mostly for the better. But there is a flip side. Jonathan Haidt joins Vasant Dhar in episode 8 of Brave New World to describe how social media is a threat to democracy and public discourse — and to the mental health of a generation Useful resources 1. The Righteous […]

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