Policy writing
"Improving public service delivery by fixing payment systems.'' Ideas for India, January 28, 2022.
"Who is Being Excluded by India's Vaccination Strategy?" with Rohini Pande and Simone Schaner. Yale Economic Growth Center Blog, July 2021.
"In Times of Pandemic, PDS Shops Should Provide Rations for All," with Rohini Pande and Simone Schaner. The Indian Express, July 2020.
"Food Before Cash: Because PMJDY Cash Transfers Will Exclude Some of India's Poorest," with Rohini Pande and Simone Schaner. The Indian Express, May 2020.
"Getting by on Rice and Salt: Rural Women's Coping Strategies During India's Coronavirus Lockdown," with Vidushi Dhawan, Rohini Pande, Lila Rabinovich, and Simone Schaner. Yale Economic Growth Center Policy Note, April 2020.
"A Majority of India's Poor Women May Miss COVID-19 PMJDY Cash Transfers," with Rohini Pande, Simone Schaner, and Elena Stacy. Yale Economic Growth Center Policy Brief. April 2020.
"The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance," with Rohini Pande. The Indian Express, February 14, 2020.
"Empowering Women through Direct Digital Wage Payments," with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. VoxDev Blog. November 2019.
"How can Skill India improve outcomes for female trainees?" with Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Rohini Pande. IGC Policy Brief No. 89416, February 2018.
"Can India Answer the Call? Addressing the Gender Gap in Mobile Phone Access," with Rashi Sabherwal. The Indian Express, December 27, 2017.
"An Account of One's Own: Can Targeting Benefits Payments Address Social Constraints to Labor Force Participation?" with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 18. December 2017.
"Asking the right question to get the right policy," with Eric Dodge and Rohini Pande. Ideas for India. April 4, 2016.
"Five Key Lessons About Women and Work in India," with Jennifer Johnson and Rohini Pande. India Spend, March 8, 2016.
"Impersonal government is good," with Eric Dodge and Rohini Pande. The Indian Express, December 30, 2015.
"To get the right policy, ask the right question," with Eric Dodge and Rohini Pande. Alliance for Useful Evidence, October 14, 2015.
"Why Aren’t India’s Women Working?" with Rohini Pande. The New York Times, August 23, 2015.
"This Transaction is Still Incomplete," with Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner. The Indian Express, October 2014.
"Impact Is Not Enough: Image and CCT Sustainability in Nicaragua." 2009. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
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"Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social: An Exemplary but Short-Lived Conditional Cash Transfer Programme," 2009. Research Report 17, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
"Assessing Honduras’ CCT Programme PRAF, Programa de Asignación Familiar: Expected and Unexpected Realities," 2008. Research Report 15, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.