BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:While many of India’s post-independence achievements are commen dable\, the Indian state still struggles to adequately deliver basic servi ces\, such as education\, health\, policing\, and justice. In this talk\, Prof. Muralidharan\, will synthesize insights from two decades of research on improving public service delivery and state capacity in India and pres ent the core argument of his new book on this topic.Karthik Muralidharan i s the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of Califo rnia\, San Diego (UCSD).  \;His research spans development\, public\, and labor economics with a focus on improving the effectiveness of public spending in the social sector (education\, health\, and social protection programs). His research program is characterized by large-scale randomized experiments conducted in partnership with governments to study the impact of programs and policies at scale. His research has been published in lea ding economics journals including the American Economic Review\, Quarterly Journal of Economics\, and Journal of Political Economy\; and also been f eatured in global media outlets including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times\, and The Economist in addition to several lead ing Indian newspapers.Prof. Muralidharan is a Research Associate of the NB ER\, on the Board of Directors of the Poverty Action Lab at MIT where he i s co-chair of the education research program\, and a Fellow and Board Memb er of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). He is active ly involved in policy advising and capacity building in India at both the central and state government level\, writes a column on economic policy fo r the Hindustan Times\, and teaches a popular course on the Indian Economy at UCSD. DTEND:20220405T174500Z DTSTAMP:20260512T170854Z DTSTART:20220405T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Building a More Effective Indian State: Theory\, Evidence\, and Pra ctice UID:RFCALITEM639141881343804638 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

While many of India’s post-independence ach ievements are commendable\, the Indian state still struggles to adequately deliver basic services\, such as education\, health\, policing\, and just ice. In this talk\, Prof. Muralidharan\, will synthesize insights from two decades of research on improving public service delivery and state capaci ty in India and present the core argument of his new book on this topic.

Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Profes sor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego (UCSD).   \;His research spans development\, public\, and labor economics with a foc us on improving the effectiveness of public spending in the social sector (education\, health\, and social protection programs). His research progra m is characterized by large-scale randomized experiments conducted in part nership with governments to study the impact of programs and policies at s cale. His research has been published in leading economics journals includ ing the American Economic Review\, Quarterly Journal of Economics\, an d Journal of Political Economy\; and also been featured in global med ia outlets including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Financ ial Times\, and The Economist in addition to several leading Indian newspapers.

Prof. Muralidharan is a Research Associate of th e NBER\, on the Board of Directors of the Poverty Action Lab at MIT where he is co-chair of the education research program\, and a Fellow and Board Member of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). He is ac tively involved in policy advising and capacity building in India at both the central and state government level\, writes a column on economic polic y for the Hindustan Times\, and teaches a popular course on the Indian Eco nomy at UCSD.

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