Policy writings

Distance and institutional deliveries in rural India. With Emily Dansereau and Christopher J. L. Murray. Ideas for India. 19 April 2013. [Link]

Health Service Provision in Ghana: Assessing Facility Capacity and Costs of Care. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, Seattle. 2015. [Link]

Droughts and child health. With Ramona Molitor and Sebastian Vollmer. Ideas for India. 27 January 2015. [Link]

The fewer the merrier: Family size and education in India. With Adriana Kugler. VoxEU/CEPR. 20 March 2016. [Link]

The less the merrier? Family size and education in India. With Adriana Kugler. Ideas for India. 1 April 2016. [Link]

Political decentralisation, female leadership, and health in rural Bihar. With Nishith Prakash. Ideas for India. 23 August 2017. [Link]

Can double-fortified salt in school mid-day meals help reduce anaemia? With Marion Krämer, Abhijeet Kumar, and Sebastian Vollmer. Ideas for India. 27 June 2018. [Link]

How birth weight affects test scores during mid-childhood years. With Utkarsh Singh. Ideas for India. 18 August 2020. [Link]

Double-fortified salt and anaemia among school children in India. With Marion Krämer and Sebastian Vollmer. VoxDev. 29 April 2022. [Link]

Giving a Boost to School Lunches in India. Think Global Health. 26 October 2022. [Link]

Did Covid-19 pandemic increase incidence of low-birth-weight among newborns? Ideas for India. 9 August 2024. [Link]

Anemia and School Attendance in India. Think Global Health. 20 December 2024. [Link]

RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations. The Conversation. 12 June 2025. [Link]

Beyond Information: Investing in Fortified School Lunches is Key to Improving Childhood Anemia in India (Version 1). With L. von Grafenstein and Sebastian Vollmer. Keough School Policy Brief Series, University of Notre Dame. 2025. https://doi.org/10.7274/29695472