Research

Cities, decent employment and informality: 

• Overlapping Dimensions of Informality in Urban India  (job market paper) (extended version)

• Impact of Digital Platforms on Labour Markets in the Global South (in progress)

Women in Informal Employment, Organizing and Globalizing (WIEGO).

• Impact of the De-reservation of Small-Scale Industries on Informal Employment and Housing Outcomes (in progress)

Climate change and rural livelihoods:

• Small Island Developing States at a Crossroads:  The Socio-economics of Transitioning to Renewables

International Renewable Energy Agency. 2024.

• Renewable energy benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity for Small-Scale Hydropower 

International Renewable Energy Agency. 2023.

• Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies in the Context of Asia's Rural Transformation: Environmental, Livelihoods, and Fiscal Perspectives 

(with Fabrizio Bresciani, Ilaria Firmian, Enrico Mazzoli, Dilva Terzano). International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Forthcoming.

Green transition:

• Carbon Emission Intensity of Greenfield FDI (in progress)

(with Satchel Cortet, Alexandros Ragoussis, Vincent Renner)

Digital Economy:

• Status of India's Digital Economy 2024

(with Deepak Mishra, Mansi Kedia, Krithika Ramnath, Mayank Manish). ICRIER Flagship Report. February 2024.

• Status of India's Digital Economy 2023

(with Deepak Mishra, Mansi Kedia, Shiva Kanwar, Mayank Manish, Bhargavee Das, Saptorshi Gupta, Devashish Sharma). 

ICRIER Flagship Report. February 2023.

• How has digitization transformed citizen-state interactions in India? (in progress)

(with Mayank Manish).

• Impacts of the digital transition on labour markets and employment in India (in progress)

(with Mansi Kedia, Cledwyn Fernandes, Havishaye Puri).

• Diffusion of Digital Payments in India - Insights based on data from PhonePe Pulse

(with Mansi Kedia, Sanjana Shukla). IPCIDE Working Paper. elopment Bank Policy Brief. March 2024.

• The Emerging Era of Digital Identities: Challenges and Opportunities for the G20

(with Shiva Kanwar, Mansi Kedia, Mayank Manish). Asian Development Bank Policy Brief. August 2022.

• Crypto: The Dark Horse in India’s Technology Race

(with Mansi Kedia, Bhargavee Das). IPCIDE Policy Brief. September 2022.

• Is the pandemic-driven adoption of digital technologies by businesses here to stay?

IPCIDE data blog. December 2022.

Small and medium enterprise, impact investing, technology and the private sector:

• Mauritania Economic Update 2022. Chapter 2: Private Sector Drives Economic Transformation and Job Creation

(with Cristina Moreno, Teslem Zein. World Bank Report. June 2022) 

• Small and Medium Enterprises in the Pandemic: Impact, Responses and the Role of Development Finance

(with Ikmal Adian, Djeneba Doumbia, Neil Gregory, Alexandros Ragoussis, Jonathan Timmis). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9414, Sep. 2020.

• Global Transition Online 

(as a contributor). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9951, Mar. 2020.

• Growing Impact: New Insights into the Practice of Impact Investing

(as a contributor). International Finance Corporation, June 2020.

• Artificial Intelligence in the Power Sector

(as a contributor). EM Compass Note 81, International Finance Corporation. April 2020.