Data, Development, and Democracy: A View from India’s Periphery
Ankush Agrawal & Vikas Kumar
November 9, 2020
In the latest issue of India in Transition, Ankush Agrawal & Vikas Kumar (Professors of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, respectively) argue that narrow statistical reforms often fail to improve data quality in developing countries as their data deficit is intertwined with development and democracy deficits.
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