National Council of Applied Economic Research
NCAER and the Society for Economics Research in India (SERI), in collaboration with Econometric Society and Econ Job Market, had set up the Indian Job Market for Economists (IJME) in hybrid mode. The collaboration aimed to create a platform for bringing together fresh and budding economists looking for jobs from India and abroad and Indian... Read More
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) organised the regional launch of the AIIB Flagship Report titled, “Moonshots for the Emerging World: Building State Capacity and Mobilising the Private Sector toward Net Zero”, on 8 December 2022, at the Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Dr... Read More
NCAER organised a hybrid seminar on Another Gendered Demographic Dividend: The Rise of Sonless Families and their Transformative Adaptations by Dr Keera Allendorf, Indiana University, on Monday, November 7, 2022. Dr Allendorf’s paper suggests that a neglected consequence of declining fertility is the likely rise of families with children of one sex—only sons or only... Read More
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and India International Centre (IIC) organised an insightful, expert commentary, and a lively debate on “The Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy, 2022-23” on November 5, 2022, at IIC. The NCAER Mid-Year Review (MYR) carries forward the tradition started by Dr Malcolm Adiseshiah at the IIC in... Read More
NCAER and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) organised an in-person panel discussion on the IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific on 31 October 2022, at the Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Dr Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF’s Asia Pacific Department, made a presentation on the latest assessment for the... Read More
NCAER organised an in-person seminar on Money vs Kudos: The Impact of Incentivizing Local Politicians in Tamil Nadu with Dr Vijayendra Rao, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank. Following is an Abstract of the paper based on which Dr Rao made his presentation. Despite growing awareness of various limitations of electoral democracy, there is a relative... Read More
NCAER organised an in-person seminar on Global Financial System: Fractures, Fissures, and Fragmentation by Mr Udaibir Saran Das, a senior international financial policies expert. In his presentation, Mr Udaibir Das noted that economic and financial uncertainty has spiked once again and pointed to six fissures in the global financial system (GFS): (i) contagion effects that may arise from... Read More
NCAER organised an in-person seminar on September 12, 2022, covering the World Bank’s FINDEX Report, 2021, released in June 2022 and in the backdrop of the Report also discussed the theme, “Challenges and Opportunities for Leveraging digital Technology for Financial Inclusion in India”. The seminar was attended by a number of eminent officials from the... Read More
An in-person full-day seminar was organised at NCAER on 7 September 2022 by NCAER and the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) on the Foundation Day of IEPFA. The aim of the seminar, held under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, was to promote financial literacy, investor awareness, and... Read More
NCAER organised a seminar on Women’s Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market by Dr Kanika Mahajan, Ashoka University, on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. In her presentation, Dr Mahajan suggested that while it is well-acknowledged that the gendered division of labour within marriage adversely affects women's allocation of time to market work, there is less evidence on how... Read More
