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This week’s #sundaybrief gathers policy lessons for and from India in #health #economy and #urbanplanning. 1/4

@CafeEconomics

#EconTwitter @CafeEconomics compares the macroeconomic variables of India’s previous economic crises with the current shock. He argues that the #COVID-19 crisis is different, and calls for developing a new policy response. 2/4

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@VaidehiTandel

What's adaptive control? Our fellows and collaborators @VaidehiTandel, @anup_malani,@BettencourtLuis, @satejsoman and @jonathangruber1 discuss a few lessons from India for tackling COVID-19 3/4

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@CafeEconomics

#Sundaybrief:

"Higher real wages will lead to rapid growth in demand for industrial products, but also put marginal enterprises under immense profit pressure" - @CafeEconomics discusses tradeoffs for economic recovery. bit.ly/349bmdQ (1/3)

@ShankkarAiyar

"There is a need to distil definitions of autonomy and accountability...the Centre and the states must re-design the architecture of delivery - for education and for all public services." - @ShankkarAiyar on the NEP2020
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On RCTs for Policy in India, "Understanding structural dynamics necessitates more general equilibrium work (Acemoglu 2010), more qualitative research (Kabeer & Datta 2020) and, finally, participatory and deliberative dialogue (Rao 2020)." - Sneha P bit.ly/RCTsforPolicy (3/3)

@DataGovNetwork

#SundayBrief This week the @DataGovNetwork hosted a #Webinar to discuss the #NPD Governance Framework Report with @PandaJay, @ashutoshchadha, @NSNappinai
and @rajendraias. Link to the recording: (1/n)

@PrakharMisra

.@PrakharMisra and @SharmadhaS analysed the definitions for community and community data in the #NPD report and argued that they need to be rethought from an implementation perspective. @FinancialXpress
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@CafeEconomics

.@CafeEconomics discussed three important questions on the road ahead for India’s monetary policy framework, as the term of the first #monetaryPolicy Committee came to an end this month.
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@SharmadhaS

#sundaybrief It's been an eventual week for us! We released a working paper on fiscal marksmanship by @SharmadhaS and @PrakharMisra, which analyses why state budget estimates often miss the actuals on the various components of their total revenues. (1/3)

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@DataGovNetwork

We had fascinating conversations on technology policy and data protection as part of the @DataGovNetwork Quarterly #Roundtable. The final papers of both days of the #DGNRoundtable will soon be hosted on the Data Governance Website. (2/3)

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@CafeEconomics

@CafeEconomics wrote in @livemint about India's quest to structurally transform its economy and reminded us of the historical lessons we should keep in mind today, when industrial policy backed by protectionism could be making a comeback. (3/3)

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#sundaybrief Take a quick glance at an eventful week. We've had interesting conversations and research outputs on matters of #justice and public #Health. 1/n

@VenkyHariharan

Justice & Data Protection: #Webinar @VenkyHariharan in discussion with Justice Srikrishna on the 2-years anniversary of the #personaldataprotection bill : Look at the @DataGovNetwork feed for highlights and register for the next roundtable happening on 4th and 5th of August. 2/n

@CafeEconomics

Education: #EconTwitter As Bombay School of Economics enters its centenary year, @CafeEconomics fondly reminisces and writes in @livemint about how it has given the country some of the best of her Economists and shaped the country's economic thought. 3/n

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@anup_malani

#sundaybrief This week @anup_malani and @VaidehiTandel discussed the return of #migrantworkers from rural areas and its likely implications on the spread of COVID and on the #Urban economy.

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@TheWireScience

In @TheWireScience, Sneha argued for prioritising patient #privacy while containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. @DataGovNetwork
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@CafeEconomics

.@CafeEconomics analysed the curious case of Indian inflation in light of recently announced #inflation estimates.
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@theviksinha

#sundaybrief This week, @theviksinha dived into #facebook 's advertiser revolt: datagovernance.org/article/why-fa… (1/3)

@nebuer42

@nebuer42 and @VaidehiTandel analyzed how cities responded to the #coronavirus crisis hindustantimes.com/analysis/don-t… (2/3)

@CafeEconomics

@CafeEconomics highlighted the need for #India to engage economically with the world livemint.com/news/india/ind…