Reforms
Op-ed May 1, 2024
Opinion | Reimagining how the Indian state works
Building state capacity, a slightly fuzzy term that has grown in popularity in the development discourse, is not an easy task.
Op-ed March 9, 2023
Opinion | Industrial policy learnings from a Soviet model versus Japanese
It had an interesting headline ‘The Return of the Policy That Shall Not Be Named: The Principles of Industrial Policy’. There is now growing evidence that Lord Voldemort is back.
Paper April 13, 2021
Bureaucratic Indecision and Risk Aversion in India
The authors argue that bureaucratic indecision, in a large part, is a form of rational self-preservation exercised by bureaucrats from the various legal and extra-legal risks to their person, careers and reputation.