Technology Policy
Dhruva Jaishankar
Cyber Stakeholders: ORF America's Contributions ...

Contribution from the Cyberspace Cooperation Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation America in the context of the seventh substantive session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 (March 2024).

Cyber Stakeholders: ORF America's Contributions to Multilateralism at the UN Open-Ended Working Group
Background Paper, Foreign Policy & Security
Dhruva Jaishankar
India’s Tech Strategy: An Introductory Overview

Background Paper No. 23

By Tisyaketu Sirkar & Dhruva Jaishankar

India’s Tech Strategy: An Introductory Overview
Economic Development
Dhruva Jaishankar
Basel Committee at 50: From crisis to confidence

By Udaibir Das and Wayne Byres

After 50 years, the Basel Committee’s standards are crucial for maintaining global financial stability.

Basel Committee at 50: From crisis to confidence
Foreign Policy & Security
Dhruva Jaishankar
The Diaspora, Democracy, and Diplomacy between ...

By Dhruva Jaishankar

At a basic level, India’s large diaspora in the US and a shared sense of democracy continue to contribute to deepening India-US relations.

The Diaspora, Democracy, and Diplomacy between India and the US
Economic Development
Dhruva Jaishankar
Anit Mukherjee's Interview in Mondato

By Anit Mukherjee

Anit Mukhejee was interviewed by Mondato.

Anit Mukherjee's Interview in Mondato

Economic Development

Delivering Digital G2P Payments to Urban Informal Populations

Delivering Digital G2P Payments to Urban Informal Populations

By Anit Mukherjee, Ubah Thomas Ubah, Brian Webster, Wendy Cunningham, and Georgina Marin

Using data from three countries, this paper finds that digital government-to-person (G2P) payments were effective in reaching urban informal sector beneficiaries quickly and safely during the COVID-19 crisis.

Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reform: Insights from Recent Experience

Cash Transfers in the Context of Energy Subsidy Reform: Insights from Recent Experience

By Anit Mukherjee, Yuko Okamura, Ugo Gentilini, Defne Gencer, Mohamed Almenfi, Adea Kryeziu, Miriam Montenegro, and Nithin Umapathi

Over the past several decades, as part of the evolving understanding of energy subsidy reforms, there has been growing recognition of the potential of targeted cash transfers to support the poor and vulnerable to help governments achieve desired policy outcomes at lower fiscal cost and in a sustainable manner.

Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo

By Anit Mukherjee, Laura Bermeo, Yuko Okamura, Jimmy Vulembera, and Paul Bance

This study looks in depth at Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) approach to delivering emergency cash transfers: the Solidarity through Economic Transfers Against the Poverty in Kinshasa (STEP-KIN) program.

Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh

Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh

By Anit Mukherjee, Alan Gelb, and Brian Webster

This study considers the experience of the mothers with the shift to mobile money, and to the change in payments service provider that took place in 2019, through a survey of recipients and a control group.

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