How Property and Civil Rights Help Forest Tribes Modernize and Prosper: Lessons from India
JULY 30, 2020 • POLICY ANALYSIS NO. 898 By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar and Neeraj Kaushal Do historically isolated forest tribes need protection from modernization? Critics claim that modernization, especially through dams and mining, is disastrous for tribes and that tribespeople cannot
India Should Join Asia’s New Free‐Trade Area
FEBRUARY 5, 2020 • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN NO. 32 By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar After seven years of negotiations, India has backed out of joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a Free Trade Area (FTA) that was to include 16 countries—the
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A Reform Agenda for the Next Indian Government
MAY 21, 2019 • POLICY ANALYSIS NO. 869 By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar India’s economic reforms since 1991 have largely been a tale of private‐sector success, government failure, and institutional erosion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the 2014 election with the slogan
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