policy research

2023

Understanding Demand for Healthcare Among Families of High-risk Newborns. (2023). The India Forum. 10 July. with Taha Ibrahim Siddiqui, and Nayana Nair


2020

Mobile phone survey methods for measuring social discrimination.  (2020).  NCAER National Data Innovation Centre.  Institutional Research Grant Report Number 02.  with Payal Hathi, Amit Thorat, Nazar Khalid, and Nidhi Khurana.


2019

Willingness to sacrifice for climate mitigation in representative samples of Indian adults.  (2019) IZA Policy Paper #147.  with Payal Hathi and Dean Spears.

Coercion, construction, and 'ODF paper pe': Swacch Bharat, according to local officials. (2019)  The India Forum.  24 March. with Aashish Gupta, Nazar Khalid, Payal Hathi, Nikhil Srivastav, and Sangita Vyas.

Open defecation: Manual scavenging's legacy in rural India.  unpublished.  with Payal Hathi.

Where Bharat Goes. (2019) In Niraja Jayal (Ed.), Re-forming India: The Nation Today. Delhi, India: Penguin Books.


2018

Experiences and perceptions of discrimination among Dalits and Muslims. (2018)  Economic & Political Weekly.  Commentary, LIII(42): 14-17.  with Payal Hathi, Nazar Khalid, Nidhi Khurana, and Amit Thorat.

Implications of WASH Benefits Trials for Open Defecation Sustainable Development Goal. (2018) Lancet Global Health. Correspondence. 6:e615.  with Dean Spears.

Open defecation in rural India, 2015-16: Levels and trends in the NFHS-4 (2018) Economic & Political Weekly.  Commentary, 53(9): 10-13.  with Dean Spears.


2017

Caste is stunting all of India’s children. (2017) Foreign Policy. 15 September. with Dean Spears.


2016

Purity, pollution, and untouchability: Challenges affecting the adoption, use, and sustainability of sanitation programmes in rural India. (2016)  Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights. with Aashish Gupta and Dean Spears.


2014

Height of the problem. (2014) Seminar. 661. with Dean Spears.


2013

Stunting among children: Facts and implications.  (2013) Economic & Political Weekly. Discussion, XLVIII:(34). with Angus Deaton, Jean Drèze, Dean Spears & Alessandro Tarozzi.