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Urban Planning and Development: The Indian Challenge
Although it took 40 years for Urban India to grow to 230 million, it will take only half of…
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How to Build a Data System for Urban Malaria Surveillance
Vector borne communicable diseases such as malaria pose a significant public health threat in urban clusters. Sprawling cities have been identified...
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Expanding Chennai: 4 Key Considerations for a Smooth Transition
With our head office and origins in Chennai (also known as Madras), Madras day is a focal point for...
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Greater Research is Needed on Mental Health and Urban Planning in the Global South
The link between urban living and mental health has been long established, even as early as the 1900s when...
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Spouse’s Signature in Loan Contracts – Signing off on Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment
Microfinance programs are noted for their contribution and their potential in women’s socio-economic empowerment by providing financial services to...
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Why Greater Representation of Women in Courtrooms is Essential for Advancing Access to Justice for Women
Today, in India, women represent a paltry 10.6% of judges presiding over India’s High Courts. The 24 High Courts...
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Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Role and Relevance in Central Government Schemes
Monitoring and Evaluation within the ambit of Government schemes is becoming an increasingly important phenomenon as Governments are being...
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4 Reasons Why Cities Need to Revisit Sanitation Strategies
Time for our cities to start thinking about Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs) differently. The increasing recognition of investment...
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4 Reasons Why Indian Legislators Need to Understand and Act on Climate Change
Written by Uttara Narayan in collaboration with Ananya Mukherjee Even the staunchest climate deniers cannot shy away from human...
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The Need to Strengthen Legislative Action on Sustainable Development
Climate-informed policy decisions that successfully mitigate environmental concerns within the state’s development agenda are the need of the hour....
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Data Systems in India: The Case for an Audacious Overhaul
This blog is an outcome of a discussion on the current state of data systems in India and the...
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How Can Chennai Listen Better to Data? A Case for Putting Data to Work in Cities
During a recent brainstorming exercise on ‘designing interventions to improve the status of Solid Waste Management’ in a pilot...
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Are we ready for Direct Benefit Transfer through Aadhaar?
In an interesting development, the Central Government has decided to move forward on Aadhaar based DBT for PDS. The...
