LSE India Observatory

Dr Amrita Saha has written a blog article related to her PhD research for which she received the International Economic Research Award (IERA) from the Export-Import Bank of India. http://www.ids.ac.uk/3F0F6730-96F8-11E8-8F8200155D0A0208

Dr Amrita Saha, LSE India Observatory Visiting Fellow, has received the International Economic Research Award (IERA) from the Export-Import Bank of India in recognition of her PhD research. The award was first instituted in 1989 with the objective to promote research in international economics, trade, development and finance by Indian nationals at universities and academic institutions in India and abroad. Amrita was in Delhi for a ceremony where she received the award on 9th August and the Bank has published two outputs based on her PhD research. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/textonly/india/research/outputs/SahaEximIERAaward2017.pdf

Can we really measure social mobility and changing life circumstances? Nicholas Stern, with his co-authors Himanshu and Peter Lanjouw, sought to answer key questions about development economics in a 70 year study of Indian village Palanpur. They documented it in their book How Lives Change, and Stern is here to share his experience of using a real-life 'laboratory' to chart discoveries about human development. Chaired by journalist and broadcaster Liz Leonard. https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/nicholas-stern-12007

Interestingly the idea of emissions trading or a tax on carbon emissions has suddenly reared its head both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. http://econews.com.au/58349/emissions-trading-suddenly-back-on-labors-and-global-agenda/