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Since October 2009, I have been working on a NREGA-Panchayati Raj project of MIT Poverty Action Lab. I have been fortunate to see rural Rajasthan first hand, and observe on-the-ground reality about many government run programs and schemes.
In the kasba of Chhonkarwara (Bharatpur), as well as in most Rajasthani revenue villages/smaller villages and even some [...]

The World Bank proposes zero rupee notes to be given to corrupt officials asking for bribes
As an angry young libertarian, I get pissed at many stupid public policy positions, but this one takes the cake. The idea is of course that of an Indian physics professor (who I am sure, like Nehru’s central planner Mahalanobis believes that being a genius at [...]