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“Women’s work-life is not a women’s issue”
She is dividing her time between the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi, the International Growth Centre’s India program, and the Institute of Labour Economics in Bonn. Currently, she is leading…
Prof E Somanathan appointed to Lancet Task Force
Prof. E Somanathan has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Green Recovery. The Task Force will focus on how economic recovery plans can support the…
What does India need to do to clean up its air?
Farzana Afridi writes about the clean fuel project in an article on What does India need to do to clean up its air? for India in Transition, Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), University…
Prof. E Somanathan discusses how to escape the economic dangers of COVID-19.
Any further lockdown risks incurring a loss of over 10% of GDP without stemming the spread of Covid-19. The ideal strategy is to find and isolate the small fraction of infected people through…
Dr. Farzana Afridi along with Dr. Amrita Dhilon & Dr. Sanchari Roy explain how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the urban poor
Dr. Farzana Afridi along with Dr. Amrita Dhilon and Dr, Sanchari Roy explain how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the urban poor. The phone survey conducted sheds light on how the urban poor are…
A narrative based on an interview conducted with a tailor who walked from Jaipur to his home in Uttar Pradesh, by Prof. Rohini Somanathan and Bhavishya Mehta
Professor Rohini Somanathan and Bhavishya Mehta interviewed a tailor who walked most of the way from Jaipur to his home in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The interview narrates the impact of…
Prof. E Somanathan on the expected impact of COVID-19 on global climate policy and carbon markets
Prof. E. Somanathan was invited to speak at a virtual event organized by FSR-Climate and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) to discuss the expected impacts of…
Prof E. Somanathan at the 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) 2018, Gothenburg
"Since the general public is not in a panic about climate change and fossil fuels owners still have deep pockets, government cannot do much with respect to climate policy. However, it is feasible and…
Professor E. Somanathan on Environmental Policy for India
CECFEE Director Professor E. Somanathan spoke on environmental policy for India at the release of the report titled 'An Economic Strategy for India' co-authored by 13 eminent economists. Please click…