Randomized Controlled Trial Projects
Connectivity and Rural Development: Examining India’s Rural Road Construction Scheme
Santosh Kumar Gautam (Assistant Professor / Researcher from Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame ) , Monica Shandal (Researcher from UC Santa Cruz ) , and Ariel Zucker (Assistant Professor / Researcher from UC Santa Cruz )
Project summary: This project evaluates the short-run impacts of India’s Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the world’s largest rural road construction programme, on economic, social, and institutional outcomes in rural Uttar Pradesh. Using a novel village-level survey of 267…
Location: 14 districts around Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Bahraich, Barabanki, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Sultanpur, Hardoi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rae Bareli, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Unnao)
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Suryodaya: An experiment in Karnataka
Michael Machala ( from Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment ) , Andrey Poletayev ( from Stanford University ) , Rushil Prakash ( from Stanford School of Earth, Energy, and Environment, ) , and Prof. Sally Benson ( from Precourt Institute for Energy )
Researchers developed and are deploying a new high-performance and affordable solar drying system for chili farmers in India. Traditional open-sun drying takes 2-3 weeks, leading to degradation of chili quality and loss of marketable chilies. Commercially available heat pump dryers…
Location: karnataka
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