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Healing the Economy: Estimating the Economic Impact of India’s Vaccination and Related Measures
amitkapoor, , Report, Research Paper, Vaccine Development, 0The working paper on “Healing the Economy: Estimating the Economic Impact of India’s Vaccination and Related Measures” was released...
India, Clusters and the Case for Uniform Growth
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India, Clusters and the Case for Uniform Growth One of the major issues in policy has always been what...
The Institute for Competitiveness to host “The India Dialog” in collaboration with US Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University
amitkapoor, , Press Release, TID, 0Pre – Event Press Release The India Dialog at Stanford The Institute for Competitiveness to host “The India Dialog”...
Incredible and incredibly experiential India: lessons to adapt to an evolving travel ethos
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Incredible and incredibly experiential India: lessons to adapt to an evolving travel ethos Travel is not the same as...
Use a clear compass to navigate our challenges and opportunities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India and the World: Navigating through Challenges and Opportunities The human urge to be able to predict everything ahead...
Urbanisation and Urban Dynamics Cities have come to acquire a very central position in our understanding of the nature...
Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor & Aditya Sinha In his seminal book “Street Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in...
Budget 2023-24: Harnessing India’s competitiveness and creating national prosperity
amitkapoor, , Articles, Budget, Economic Times, 0Budget 2023-24: Harnessing India’s Competitiveness and Creating National Prosperity The budget speech began with a declaration of India’s first...
We should focus on clusters to sharpen our competitive edge
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy What propels a nation’s growth has always been one of the key questions in...
Going the Electric Extra Mile: The Delhi Metro’s Last-Mile Connectivity
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0In the year 2000, ninety-nine per cent of Delhi’s local traffic was borne by buses (62 per cent) and...
The Smart City Mission, as envisaged by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, is embedded in the idea of promoting cities...
A sliver of hope materialized when The World Health Organisation’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared at a media...
India’s Policy Impact Challenge: Why it exists, and how to overcome it
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, India@100, 0In the history of India, there have been critical junctures when the policy terrain saw significant reforms. The past...
Unblocking India’s Policy Impact Challenge
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor, Amitabh Kant and Christian Ketels India’s economic history is rich with instances of policy interventions which transformed...
Report on Social Progress Index: States and Districts of India
amitkapoor, , Report, Social Progress, 0The report was released at an event organised at the Jawahar Lal Museum Library (Seminar Room) on December 20,...
Looking at urbanisation as merely a process of the population shift from rural to urban areas makes us lose...
Social Progress Index (SPI) for States and Districts received by EAC-PM, released today
amitkapoor, , 2022, Press Release, Social Progress, 0Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and Goa emerge as best-performing states; and Aizawl (Mizoram), Solan (Himachal Pradesh), and Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) are...
EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Press Release, 0EAC-PM EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts Posted On: 15 DEC 2022 5:19PM...
India’s Performance and Competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Amit Kapoor and Amitabh Kant The Indian economic trajectory presents an interesting case to assess through the competitiveness lens....
State of Municipal Finances Amit Kapoor, Bibek Debroy & Aditya Sinha “From wealth (kosa) comes the power of the Government (danda).”...
Ms. Melinda French Gates calls on Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
amitkapoor, , Press Release, 0Ms. Melinda French Gates congratulated the Union Health Minister for India’s successful Covid-19 vaccination drive and praised the colossal...
The report is a comprehensive document encapsulating the experience and key role of ASHAs and ANMs in India’s pandemic...
India’s New Competitiveness Challenge: Reform Distorted Markets
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Over the years, India’s competitiveness has been marked by substantial progress on certain foundational socio-economic aspects. A lot has...
Where Does India’s Competitiveness Challenge Lie?
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0The secret is to comprehend where they are required and where resource allocation in an economy is best served...
Dr Amit Kapoor in conversation with Dr. Bibek Debroy at the Indian Business Literature Festival (IBLF) on December 3,...
When Your Customer is the Citizen: Improving Performance in the Public Sector
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Kapoor shared his views at the 14th Peter Drucker Forum hosted in Vienna on November 17-18, 2022. The...
Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy As the world is becoming more urban than ever, it is crucial to place...
Here’s how to boost India’s competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0India’s Competitiveness – Performance Gap Over the last few decades, the Indian economy has traversed an interesting journey. The country...
Urbanisation without chaos: How to plan and govern our cities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0There are multiple lenses through which one can try to understand urbanisation in order to leverage its advantages for...
Lets Step up strategic efforts mobilise India’s labour potential
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Economic competitiveness requires us to make the most of our demographic-dividend opportunity as a key growth achiever. In today’s...
India’s Rise and Its Global Implications
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Articles, India@100, 0India’s Rise and its Global Implications The most common definition of globalisation follows that the world is getting excessively...
Reports, Analysis and Expert comments on IMF – World Bank Annual meeting 2022
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his expert comments ahead of the World Bank Annual Meeting. The session was telecast on...
New Business in Asia Driven by Climate – Tech and Sustainability
amitkapoor, , Speaking, Sustainability, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a session at the US Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University on September 29, 2022....
Shifting the focus: Migration and Female Labour Force Participation
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Migration is one of the key demographic processes which shape patterns of human settlements and has an important role...
Why India’s Success Matters to the World , Not Just to India
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0Why India’s Success Matters to the World, Not Just to India It is often said about the globalized age...
India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation? With India surpassing the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy, the world is...
Report on Understanding Industry Landscape: India’s Booming Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
amitkapoor, , Report, 0The report was released at the 3rd meeting of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Advisory Forum on September 20, 2022 at...
Often sprouting of slums is seen as an inevitable consequence of rapid urbanisation. But it is primarily market and...
Dr. Kapoor was a part of the the BIG Debate on simultaneous elections for the Center and the States...
Dr. Kapoor moderated the session titled “Future Proofing India: Educating Gen next for fuzzy careers” at the Hero Mindmine...
An economy has a much larger potential workforce in play than just the seemingly visible employed portion. The competitiveness...
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100. It sets out the guidelines for India to become a $20 trillion economy in 25...
The path of zero growth and degrowth is more valid for highly industrialised countries which have gone through overgrowth,...
A comprehensive approach to competitiveness is what we need
amitkapoor, , Articles, Articles, competitiveness, India@100, 0The world has been closely watching India’s journey as it is on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse....
Growth should be sustainable and equitable The ‘Competitiveness Road Map for India@100’, jointly brought out by the Economic Advisory...
The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today in the...
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 Released
amitkapoor, , India@100, Press Release, 0The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today in the...
The presentation was done by Christian Ketels, Professor, Harvard Business School at the release of the report on “Competitiveness...
The strength of the competitiveness notion lies in its emphasis on attaining sustained prosperity by focusing on making the...
On 15th August this year, India celebrated the 76th anniversary of its independence from British rule. When we are entering the...
A Promising Panel: Facilitating Free Trade Agreements At a time when international trade is expected to slow down in...
EAC-PM to release the Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100
amitkapoor, , India@100, Press Release, 0Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister will release the Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 on 30th August 2022. The Competitiveness Roadmap...
The waves of urbanisation have been uneven around the world and are intrinsically tied to the level of development...
Chair, Institute for Competitiveness and Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University India’s enormous heterogeneity and cultural heritage, defined by the immense...
By Christian H M Ketels, Principal Associate, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Learning to understand India with different eyes ...
The growth journey that India has traversed over the last seven decades has not been simply fortuitous. It is...
By Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC – PM Do enterprises compete, or is it countries that compete? Anyone who has read...
Innovation in India: Distance Traversed and Road Ahead
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, Innovation Index 2021, 0With a continuous evolving innovation landscape, regions like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, among others have emerged as innovation hubs...
One of the most highlighted concerns regarding the television measurement rating is the inability of the rating system to...
Journey of India’s Evolving Innovation Ecosystem
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, 0Over the last decade, the pace of disruptive technology has pushed government , businesses, industries, entrepreneurs and consumers to...
The Curious Case of Census Towns: The Case for Integrated Development of Rural and Urban Areas
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Urbanisation, 0Bibek Debroy, Amit Kapoor & Aditya Sinha Literature on service delivery suggests that a state is incapable of delivering...
Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Top NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Innovation Index 2021, Press Release, 0Posted On: 21 JUL 2022 11:20AM by PIB Delhi Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh have topped in their respective categories...
The third edition of the India Innovation Index 2021 too is set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
NITI Aayog Launches the Third Edition of India Innovation Index
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Innovation Index 2021, Press Release, 0Posted On: 20 JUL 2022 9:10AM by PIB Delhi NITI Aayog will release the third edition of the India...
From pioneering several innovations in the ancient times to making incomparable contributions to modern science and technology, India has...
The year 2021 will be remembered for the indefatigable human spirit. India’s achievements and challenges during the second wave...
As the world changes, the need to constantly push toward innovative ideas to meet the challenges ahead also increases....
India is among the fastest-growing economies globally and innovation has played a critical role in achieving this status. India...
Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy The process of urbanisation stipulates a need to expand as the number of people...
An economic ecosystem linking two major economic centres, an industrial corridor, invigorates economic activity along the transportation corridor. Akin...
Antifragile Ecosystem: A road to sustainable export growth for India
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, EPI2021, 0The COVID-19 Pandemic and other global events of significance, such as the Suez canal blockage and Semiconductor shortage, halted...
Raising the Curtain: Media Industry and the Changing Landscape
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The evolution of the television news is as important a milestone for humankind as was the postal system which...
Unlocking Potential: India and its Innovation Journey
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, Innovation, 0Innovation has been embedded in the development of humankind since its inception. It has helped guide a new world...
Bibek Debroy, Aditya Sinha & Amit Kapoor Throughout the 20th century, modern states have pursued what political scientist, James Scott,...
The variations in determining what can be classified as cities are as dynamic as cities themselves It is fairly...
Pathways to LiFE: Moving Towards Indigenous Solutions for Climate Sustainability
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Sustainability has imploded as an agenda with unprecedented scope and significance. India’s movement for a Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE)...
Multidimensional inequality aims to assess the cause and nature of inequalities, arguing that deprivation of one kind leaves a...
Increasing the pace of India’s urbanisation
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0Cities have always captured the poetic imagination in how they shape culture and give impetus to the realisation of...
There are different kinds of inequalities in India that are multidimensional and intersectional in nature. While multidimensional poverty has...
The State of Inequality Report is a stock-taking of both inclusion and exclusion The State of Inequality in India...
Press Release The State of Inequality in India Report Highlights: The State of Inequality in India Report was released by Dr Bibek...
An Enabling Ecosystem towards formalization for enterprises The subject of transitioning from informality to formality continues to be discussed...
The report was released on May 18, 2022 by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC – PM. The report stretches...
The Report on State of Inequality in India was released by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC – PM at...
The World Bank estimates that about 4.2 billion people, or 55% of the world’s population, live in the cities....
The onus of implementing sustainable policy can no longer be doled out to states alone. As per the Human...
A preferential route: Effectiveness of FTAs in Indian exports
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has devastating health and economic consequences, with unprecedented disruption to people’s lives, the global economy...
Making Our Cities Smart and Sustainable: Revisiting India’s Smart City Mission
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Cities, 0Making Our Cities Smart and Sustainable: Revisiting India’s Smart City Mission The constant metamorphosis of urban spaces in India...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was part of the webinar titled “Evaluation of Product Trust in the Age of E-Commerce” organised...
Informal to Formal for MSMEs: A Gradual Shift There is a huge corpus of work emphasizing the importance of...
Transforming Micro: Targeted Reforms for Easing Micro Entrepreneurship
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0Transforming Micro: Targeted Reforms for Easing Micro Entrepreneurship In recent years, the Ease of Doing Business reforms’ emphasis on...
Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy With the World Bank projecting that every seven of 10 people will be living...
In order to measure the performance of cities across India, SCM has undertaken initiativessuch as the Ease of Living...
Urban Outcomes Framework 2022 is an initiative to develop a transparent and comprehensive database based on cross-city outcomes across...
India and its Income Inequality In the last two years of the pandemic, the world has been a witness...
NITI Aayog Releases Second Edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021
amitkapoor, , EPI2021, Press Release, 0Posted On: 25 MAR 2022 12:27PM by PIB Delhi Most of the Coastal States are the best performers. Gujarat...
The Export Preparedness Index (EPI) aims to examine the export performance and the export readiness of the states and...
NITI Aayog to Launch Second Edition of Export Preparedness Index
amitkapoor, , EPI2021, Press Release, 0Posted On: 23 MAR 2022 8:11PM by PIB Delhi NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the Institute of Competitiveness, will...
Global Trade operating under the principles of comparative advantage plays a significant role in driving rapid economic growth of...