Centre for Development Economics

The effect of Metro rail on air pollution in Delhi

This paper investigate the effect of the Delhi Metro, an intra-city mass rail transit system, on air pollution within Delhi. Finds strong evidence to show that it has resulted in reductions of two important vehicular emissions - nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide.
- 01/04/2013
- Centre for Development Economics

Understanding NREGA: a simple theory and some facts

<p>A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage that even if competitively determined may not be adequate for the poor household to reach their target income; what they consider as means of a decent living.

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