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26 publications
A transhipment port creates few jobs by itself. Whether Thiruvananthapuram benefits depends on the logistics, housing, skills and services that grow around it, and on planning that starts now.
Scholar Two
A forthcoming edited volume bringing together essays by CRGD researchers and invited contributors on the central questions of governing Kerala in the coming decades.
Scholar One
Borrowing by state owned bodies has become a large and contested part of public finance. A simple annual disclosure statement would let legislators and citizens see the full picture without stopping investment.
Scholar One
Fellows and interns often ask where to begin. Here is a short reading list, chosen for clarity, range and the arguments they will provoke.
Mentor One
A practitioner reflects on what Kerala's experiment in local democracy achieved, what it did not, and what the next generation of reform should look like.
Adviser One
Kerala is ageing faster than most of India, and many older people live without younger family nearby. Local governments are well placed to guarantee a basic level of care.
Research Fellow One
Every argument about the state's finances turns into an argument about who is to blame. The public deserves a debate about choices instead.
Adviser Two
In the first episode of CRGD's podcast, the team talks about why the institution was created, what a think tank can and cannot do, and why it is based in Thiruvananthapuram.
Researcher One32 minutes
For half a century, work in the Gulf has shaped Kerala's households, towns and politics. As more migrants return, the state faces a question it has rarely had to answer: what will they do here?
Research Associate One, Scholar Two
Metro lines attract attention and investment. Buses carry far more people in Kerala, and their decline deserves at least as much concern.
Research Fellow Two
Kerala transferred real money and power to local governments in the 1990s. This report examines how local finances have evolved since, and what would strengthen them for the next thirty years.
Scholar One, Intern One
Half my class is planning to study or work abroad. A student's view of why, and of what the state could do about it.
Intern Two
Road crashes kill and injure thousands of people in Kerala every year, most of them pedestrians, cyclists and riders of two wheelers. Proven measures exist. This brief sets out five.
Research Fellow Two
A state that educates its daughters as well as Kerala does, and then loses their talent to the labour market, is leaving its most important growth opportunity unused.
Research Fellow One
Landslides in Kerala's hill districts have taken many lives in recent years. This special report brings together geology, land use, local governance and the experience of survivors to set out how hill communities can be made safer.
Researcher Three, Scholar Three, Research Fellow Two
An internship project that set out to map how household waste is collected, sorted and transported in one urban ward, and what the process revealed about the system.
Intern Two, Research Fellow Two
Along much of Kerala's coast, homes, roads and boats face the sea with less beach every year. The responses chosen now will shape the coast for a century.
Scholar Two, Researcher Three
Every five years, a commission decides how a large share of India's tax revenue is divided between the Union and the states, and among the states. Here is how it works.
Scholar One
Kerala educates its young people to a high level, yet many graduates struggle to find work that matches their qualifications. This report traces the gap between what colleges teach and what employers need.
Researcher One, Research Associate One
There are far more important questions than any institution can answer. A note on how CRGD decides what to work on, and how you can suggest a question.
Scholar One
Headlines about women's employment often rest on surveys that count some kinds of work and miss others. A guide to reading the numbers carefully.
Research Associate One
Panchayats run schools, health centres, roads and welfare programs in your neighbourhood. A plain language guide to what they do and how you can take part.
Researcher One
A day spent debating a bill as a pretend legislator changed how one student thinks about politics.
Intern One
A short video guide to reading the state budget, covering committed expenditure, deficits, capital spending and borrowing outside the budget.
Scholar One10 minutes
Budget speeches are full of announcements. The numbers tell a quieter story. Here are five questions that reveal what a budget actually commits the state to.
Scholar One
Each year the State Planning Board publishes a detailed review of the economy alongside the budget. It is the most useful document few people read. A guide to its strengths and gaps.
Contributor Two
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