Delhi waters: Unequal, unreliable, and running out
Although Delhi has more water per person, on average, than London or New York, many still endure a daily fight for access. Short piece from me for GIZ’s Digital Development […]
Tag Archives: Policy
India’s Urban Direction…
Venkaiah Naidu announced on taking office that there would be a new approach to urban policy learning from and replacing the UPA’s JNNURM. 100 smart cities, cheaper lending for home […]
Water in India’s 2014 elections?
Something I wrote for Guardian’s Comment is Free. Ok, so water’s maybe not _the_ key issue – but I thought I’d have a shot at arguing it’s relevance… http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/22/water-decide-indian-elections-aam-admi I’m […]
JNNURM Conditionalities
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is India’s consolidated urban policy programme in a ‘Mission mode’. It aims to boost infrastructure (and basic services) in ‘bankable’, ‘investor-friendly’ cities. The JNNURM is also […]
Rise of the Regulatory State of the South
Navroz Dubash and Bronwen Morgan have a great new edited collection “Rise of the Regulatory State of the South: Infrastructure and Development in Emerging Economies” recently published with Oxford University Press. […]
Hacking policy in Bangalore
IIM Bangalore hosts a public policy redesign competition that gives teams 24 hours to mash-up datasets and existing frameworks for cash prizes. I went to find out what was going […]
