Incentives to be accountable – to whom? Whether overtly defined or inherently implicit, all organizations have accountability and incentive structures that mediate their operations. In for-profit firms, employees have strong…
This is the third and final post in a series that addresses some of the challenges and opportunities of training India’s youth to make them productive partners in India’s development…
This is the second in a three-part series that addresses some of the challenges and opportunities of training India’s youth to make them productive partners in India’s development and economic…
This is the first in a three-part series that addresses some of the challenges and opportunities of training India’s youth to make them productive partners in India’s development and economic…
The districts of India, which are 70% rural, are characterized by agricultural revenue that allows basic survival of villagers, but allows no generation of disposable income, thereby leaving people vulnerable…
Twentieth-century international development policy was a persistent struggle between broad and localized implementation strategies. The development paradigm foundational to that struggle has left a lingering debate that still plagues organizations,…
There are nearly 200 million school-aged children in India, the vast majority of whom currently receive far less healthcare than they are entitled to. A child’s health goes hand-in-hand with…
The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked a significant step forward for women’s rights, with the international community making an express commitment to recognizing women’s rights as…
Where did all the power go? The world is still reeling from India’s July blackout, the largest power outage in recorded history and an incident that left almost 10 percent…
Under a hot, steamy sun, streams of bright red seem to wind between the crop fields in rural Tamil Nadu. Soggy, wet red chilies are strewn over the roads in…