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Barbara Harriss-White

Barbara Harriss-White

Barbara Harriss-White drove from Cambridge to India in 1969 to climb in the Kishtwar Himal, and has been teaching and writing about India and researching its informal economy and rural development through fieldwork ever since. She is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at Oxford University and a Visiting Professor at JNU. Her latest books include Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy (Three Essays); Middle India and Urban-Rural Development (Springer); Indian Capitalism in Development (Routledge) ; and Mapping India’s Capitalism: Old and New Regions (Palgrave).

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Editor's Picks, PolicyAugust 25, 2023<August 31, 2023

Deconstructing The 2023 Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Report

The IPCC’s 2023 summary report reveals collective non-responsibility for depoliticised policy which has revolutionary real-world implications.

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Latest Posts, OpinionMay 21, 2020<March 14, 2023

The Modi Government’s Project for India’s Informal Economy

The Modi government’s policies – demonetisation, GST & now the lockdown –have broken the backbone of the Indian economy.

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Editor's Picks, OpinionNovember 20, 2019<March 14, 2023

The Sword, The Pen & The Law – On Julian Assange

“The more I pursued the question of why Assange has so little public support, the more disturbing the story became.”

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Latest Posts, PolicyApril 9, 2018<March 10, 2023

The Unsustainable Urban Waste Economy

Urban waste is one of the most pressing problems in India. It needs urgent and immediate attention from policymakers.

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Editor's Picks, PolicyJanuary 13, 2017<March 9, 2023

On Demonetisation

Emiritus Professor at Oxford University presents an in-depth analysis of demonetisation and explains why it is flawed.

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