Urbanomics

A remarkable paradox of India's recent economic history has been the decline in its female labour force participation rates (LFPR). Some...

Affordable housing in cities is one of the biggest public policy challenges facing us. Apart from being the biggest expenditure in a typical...

1. The WSJ has an article which points to the work of Nicholas Eberstadt which highlights the growing idleness among the male workforce. Th...

How do regions attract manufacturing firms and industrialise? How do manufacturing clusters develop? What are the requirements to achieve in...

Private investment in infrastructure faces two important challenges. One, it demands large upfront investments which will have to be recover...

1. In the latest episode of corporate corruption, Antonio Horta Osorio , the Chairman of Credit Suisse, has resigned following revelations o...

This post will look at some of the manifest priorities of the Chinese government and how it's pursuing them. It draws from earlier posts...