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Publications

Blog June 16, 2021

Technology can aid state capacity, not replace it

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Sharmadha Srinivasan

Harsh Vardhan Pachisia and Sharmadha Srinivasan argue that technology is not a silver bullet for governance. Technical solutions must be supplemented with structural improvements to ensure effective delivery of public services. Excerpts from the blog: “The current vaccination programme for a significant proportion of its population – age 18-45 years – requires compulsory registration on its online platform, CoWIN. […]

Paper June 14, 2021

Leveraging behavioural science to promote safe practices: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab

By Priya Vedavalli, Kadambari Shah, Tinaz Mistry, Archana Nirmal Kumar, Shilpa Rao, Vikram Sinha, Seema Murthy, Shirley Yan & Adithi Chandrashekhar

How can behavioural science be used to support the adoption of safer practices? Our project in Punjab to encourage early testing during the COVID-19 pandemic holds important lessons for public health communication campaigns

Op-ed June 10, 2021

Opinion| Decentralisation and social mobilisation during the second wave of COVID-19

By Vibhav Mariwala & Kadambari Shah

In this piece, the authors outline how states have harnessed institutional reform, decentralised governance, and social mobilisation to fight the pandemic.

Paper June 10, 2021

IDFC Institute response to draft National Geospatial Policy, 2021

By Rajeswari Parasa, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

A national geospatial policy should encompass vital principles of governance that set up the ecosystem for success.

Policy Brief June 10, 2021

IDFC Institute response to draft National Geospatial Policy, 2021

By Rajeswari Parasa, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

In this document, the general principles that should serve as the the foundation of the policy are discussed. Next, the implementation of the policy, in particular regarding its authorities and tools are discussed. The terms proposed for opening geospatial data along with the elements of privacy and standards that should be kept in mind are […]

Blog June 3, 2021

COVID-19 testing strategy in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad & Manvi Mehta

This post explores the COVID-19 testing strategy in Mumbai during the first two waves of the pandemic.

Blog May 26, 2021

COVID-19 mortality in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Sridhar Ganapathy & Rajeswari Parasa

Throughout the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) released daily and granular information on a variety of indicators. In this first part of our series analysing this data, we deep dive into COVID-19 mortality in Mumbai.

Paper May 7, 2021

RCTs for policy in India – Ethical Considerations, Methodological Concerns and Alternative Approaches

By Sneha P

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become a popular methodological choice for policy analysis in the developing world.

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