Recent work by Manaswini Rao
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The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion
Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies
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Improving frontline courts in India spurred local economic development
Increasing judicial staffing in frontline courts lowers the pending backlog of legal cases and enables capital stuck in litigation to be put to more productive uses, which increases access to working capital for local firms and improves firm productivity
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Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives
Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire