Events

Background  The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER with its consortium partners, University of Maryland and University of Michigan, has recently...   Read More

Background  The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India's oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic research institute. It does grant-funded research, commissioned studies for governments and industry, and is one of the few think tanks globally that also collect primary data. NCAER with its consortium partners, University of Maryland and University of Michigan, has recently...   Read More

NCAER invited a talk by Dr Paul Gruenwald on “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What will determine its success?” Gruenwald is Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings, Singapore. The seminar was attended by NCAER Research team and invited scholars. In his presentation. Gruenwald discussed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is an ambitious plan aimed at...   Read More

NCAER staff had the privilege on April 10 of listening to members of the core team of the 2018 WDR on Learning to Realize Education’s Promise.  At hand were both WDR co-directors, Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers, and WDR team member & senior economist Tara Beteille. This is the first WDR entirely dedicated to education.  In a...   Read More

NCAER and the International Monetary Fund released a seminal, new IMF book Digital Revolutions in Public Finance, on the reshaping of public finance by digitalization, at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on April 4, 2018. The Government of India taxes and spends through its fiscal policy. The design and implementation of its fiscal policy is fundamentally...   Read More

The NCAER-National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) and Institute for Financial Management Research-India Initiative for What Works (IFMR-IIWW) jointly organised an initiative called Kathopakathan (conversation) on Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Viceregal Hall, The Claridges, New Delhi, on March 24, 2018. NCAER-NDIC seeks to develop innovative approaches to collecting data for development, including data on gender, while IFMR-IIWW focuses...   Read More

NCAER invited a talk on “Trends in India’s Income Distribution” by Dr Surjit S. Bhalla on February 15, 2018. Dr Bhalla is Senior India Analyst for the Observatory Group, Chairman of Oxus Research & Investments and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and of NCAER’s Governing Body. Dr Pronab Sen, Country Director...   Read More

NCAER invited Dr Poonam Gupta, Lead Economist, the World Bank for an exclusive presentation of the 2018 India Development Update—India’s Growth Story. The India Development Update is a biannual flagship publication of the World Bank which takes stock of the Indian economy. Dr Gupta discussed the current, March 2018 issue, titled “India’s Growth Story” which describes the state of...   Read More

A seminar on “New Approaches to the Financial Inclusion of Small Farmers in India: Some Experimental Results,” with Dr Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University was held at NCAER. Dr Renuka Sane, an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) was the discussant. In many parts of India, such as West Bengal,...   Read More

NCAER presented its Quarterly Review of the Economy, covering the performance of the Indian Economy in the third quarter of 2017-18 and forecast for the year ahead at this seminar held at NCAER. Organised as an integral part of the Quarterly Review, this seminars brought together policymakers, industry leaders and researchers for a discussion. Key Highlights of...   Read More