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Change agents? Women and political participation in India
India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, celebrated its third anniversary in power in May. But having a woman at the helm of government does not mean that...
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Political commitment to public services in India: Evidence from Tamil Nadu
On 25 February 2015 Vivek Srinivasan, Liberation Technology Program Manager at Stanford University, gave a talk at LSE entitled “Can Modi dismantle India’s welfare programmes?” Drawing on fieldwork...
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Change agents? Women and political participation in India
India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, celebrated its third anniversary in power in May. But having a woman at the helm of government does not mean that...
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Political commitment to public services in India: Evidence from Tamil Nadu
On 25 February 2015 Vivek Srinivasan, Liberation Technology Program Manager at Stanford University, gave a talk at LSE entitled “Can Modi dismantle India’s welfare programmes?” Drawing on fieldwork...
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Does more mean better? SDGs and the (unmet) need for measurable indicators of...
This post is part of the IGC, Africa @ LSE and South Asia @ LSE cross-blog series on the Sustainable Development Goals. Notwithstanding their commendable inclusion of a broad range of feminist...
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Pakistan’s forgotten half: Changing attitudes to realise the economic...
A recent McKinsey report indicated South Asian countries could significantly increase their GDP if women’s participation in the economy was brought into line with that of men. Saad Khalid outlines the...
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Hardik Patel and the limitations of reservation policy in India
Gujarat has become a centre of caste protests in recent months, as members of the Patidar caste led by Hardik Patel have protested for better access to jobs and education through a quota system. But...
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“India is the only country trying to become a global economic power with an...
On 6 November Amartya Sen visited LSE to discuss his new collection of cultural essays Country of First Boys with Nicholas Stern. Before taking the stage in the packed Old Theatre, he spoke to Sonali...
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The Aakash tablet and technological imaginaries of mass education in...
In a new paper published this month Jahnavi Phalkey and Sumandro Chattapadhyay explore public initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in independent India....
View ArticleChallenging the pedagogy of extremism in Pakistan
Islamic identity has been the subject of substantial politicisation in Pakistan in recent decades and the national curriculum and textbooks continue to play a role in alienating minorities and...
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Economic History in South Asia: In Conversation with Professor Tirthankar Roy
Economic history is a frequently overlooked branch of both history and economics. Amal Shahid recently spoke to LSE’s Tirthankar Roy about the value of studying the discipline in relation to South...
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Youth bulge or bomb? Harnessing the potential of Pakistani youth
On 28 April 2016, UNDP Pakistan in collaboration with the LSE South Asia Centre held a talk at LSE to discuss a new report on the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan’s youth bulge. The speakers,...
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The Bangladesh Paradox: In what ways has social progress been achieved...
Gender indicators in Bangladesh show significant improvement despite other development indices not displaying similar success. Juli Qermezi Huang recently spoke at an event hosted by the South Asia...
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Social attitudes that view female child marriage as a means of protecting...
Drawing on their extensive research of female child marriage in Bangladesh, M Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj discuss the limitations of current deliberations over the minimum age of marriage law. They...
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“If women’s productive activities were better understood, policy could be...
In June, the South Asia Centre held an event entitled “Tales of the Unexpected: gender equality and social progress in Bangladesh”. Sonali Campion spoke to panellist Naila Kabeer in greater detail...
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For many women and girls the white, Western liberal ideal of girlhood is...
Effective feminism requires structural changes to political and financial institutions to improve the wellbeing of women and girls. Drawing on her research in Pakistan, Shenila Khoja-Moolji writes...
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How would you change Pakistan? Crowdsourcing ideas from LSE students
In the 2015-16 academic year the LSE SU Pakistan Development Society ran a ‘Breaking Stereotypes’ photo campaign which provided students and staff with a thought-provoking taster of the inclusive...
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The IMF funding pledge offers significant support to Sri Lanka’s economic...
After years of conflict, the Sri Lankan economy is on the mend and the IMF has approved a $1.5 billion phased loan to support its development. In this context, Piumi Gamanayake assesses the current...
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Paradiplomacy and India: The growing role of states in foreign policy
Globalisation and trends towards federalism have created increasing scope for paradiplomacy. In this article, Harsh V. Pant and Falguni Tewari discuss the opportunities that sub-national international...
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Internal migrants in India experience a lesser citizenship status and...
The Government of India is often criticised for its failure to guarantee the constitutional rights of its citizens. The problems are often attributed to inefficiency, corruption and poverty. However,...
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