Laveesh Bhandari
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Laveesh Bhandari
Laveesh Bhandari is an economist and also a member of The Citizens Alliance. He completed his PhD in Economics from Boston University, USA in 1996. His dissertation, on success and failure of international alliances, received the Best Thesis in International Economics award by the EXIM Bank of India in 1996. Prior to that, he got his MA in Economics specialising in Finance and Industrial Organisation from the same university. He was also awarded the Hite Fellowship for his work on International finance. Bhandari began his career as a Consultant for Manhattan (now Brookdale) Funds, New York and Boston, USA, where he was working on the valuation methodologies of derivative securities. He joined the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, as a Senior Economist in 1997. At NCAER he led research teams for various studies in the Industry and Infrastructure division.
Laveesh Bhandari is an economist and also a member of The Citizens Alliance. He completed his PhD in Economics from Boston University, USA in 1996. His dissertation, on success and failure of international alliances, received the Best Thesis in International Economics award by the EXIM Bank of India in 1996. Prior to that, he got his MA in Economics specialising in Finance and Industrial Organisation from the same university. He was also awarded the Hite Fellowship for his work on International finance. Bhandari began his career as a Consultant for Manhattan (now Brookdale) Funds, New York and Boston, USA, where he was working on the valuation methodologies of derivative securities. He joined the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, as a Senior Economist in 1997. At NCAER he led research teams for various studies in the Industry and Infrastructure division.
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The long road to liberalisation
The return of Indira Gandhi and the subsequent takeover by Rajiv Gandhi saw one of the periods of highest economic growth initially but these and associated investments were powered by dollops of debt
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Finance ministers and their balancing acts
A K Bhattacharya's book delves into the challenges, decisions, and political dynamics of India's economic policies through the lens of its finance ministers
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Climate change: Fear and hope
Book review of Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency
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Beyond the boundaries
Book review of Breaking Through: A Memoir
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Budget focuses on production and Make in India, not lowering pollution
A more flexible and risk-taking government is perhaps the most important precondition for maneuvering through challenges
 "Budget focuses on production and Make in India, not lowering pollution")
Messy local governance and garbage collection
We need to empower and resource those we depend on to clear our cities
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India's forgotten blueprint for growth
At the outset, Bombay Plan is undoubtedly a far more thorough, comprehensive and honest economic document than we see from the industry associations of today
 "India's forgotten blueprint for growth")
Budget 2018: Marginally populist, doesn't offer roadmap for a new India
There is little on the economic vision side with which anyone would disagree
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Case for a pollution watchdog
As we become more stringent on polluters, but do not monitor the governments' agents, the potential for corruption will increase
 "Case for a pollution watchdog")
Laveesh Bhandari: The new world of energy
Good policies are mixed with poor mechanisms, and proactive efforts with regressive subsidies
 "Laveesh Bhandari: The new world of energy")
Laveesh Bhandari & Ajay Vir Jakhar: The burning fields of Punjab
There is no instant fix for Delhi's haze. The situation calls for smart decision-making and disciplined implementation
 "Laveesh Bhandari & Ajay Vir Jakhar: The burning fields of Punjab")
Inequality of urban green spaces
The concluding part of a series looks at how India's most affluent areas are as susceptible to the same flaws as the poorest and most marginalised parts
 "Inequality of urban green spaces")
Delhi's Greater Kailash constituency highlights privatised public spaces
The second of a three-part series looks at how India's most affluent areas are as susceptible to the same flaws as the poorest and most marginalised parts
 "Delhi's Greater Kailash constituency highlights privatised public spaces")
Delhi's Greater Kailash constituency highlights complexity of urban governance
India's extremes of diversity and exclusion work together to make urban governance far more complex than it need be
 "Delhi's Greater Kailash constituency highlights complexity of urban governance")
Narasimha Rao, a raconteur's view
Sanjaya Baru's account of the people and action behind the 1991 economic policy reform is fascinating, even when it veers towards being biased
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Laveesh Bhandari: The trouble with ranking India
To judge India's performance, we need to develop metrics that reflect our aspirations and priorities, not those of experts in other countries
Laveesh Bhandari: The mall showcases institutional clutter
Delhi HC's judgement on land sold by DDA to Reliance Industries throws up larger issues of governance
Laveesh Bhandari: Keeping Air India away from a sordid cycle
There are ways to rescue Air India, but only if a new owner doesn't adopt the same tactics that got the airline into the mess it finds itself in
Model economist
Kaushik Basu's account of his stint as chief economic advisor provides great insights into how economic models correlate with real-world policymaking, but a reader will miss the insider's view of the
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