Projects
Welcome to the Projects page of Morsel Research and Development Pvt Ltd. Here, you can explore our diverse range of research and development projects, each designed to provide innovative solutions and insights. From large-scale surveys to targeted market studies, our projects demonstrate our commitment to excellence, data-driven decision-making, and impactful results. Discover how we bring research to life and drive meaningful change.
Conjoint survey to assess insurgency effect on implementation of public policies
Emmanuel J. Teitelbaum (Associate Professor from Department of Political Science )
MORSEL conducted a conjoint survey, an experiment designed by Emmanuel J. Teitelbaum to assess the impact of Government policies on Naxalites, an active radical group in Jharkhand
Location: Jharkhand
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Health and Poverty: Impact Evaluation in Bihar
Sebastian Vollmer ( Assitant professor from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen )
The aim of this project was to understand the health aspects and the related economic consequences for the people. Here Morsel conducted health survey in 2000 households. It also administered gender gender related questionnaire to adolescent girls, faecal test of children between…
Location: Madhepura district, Bihar
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Trust in Government and Subsidy Reform: Evidence from a Survey of Indian Farmers
Meir Alkon ( from Princeton University ) , and Johannes Urpelainen (Professor from Johns Hopkins University )
In this study, researchers examined the role of trust in government among farmers in explaining support for reforming India’s energy subsidies. The subsidies under study hold back efforts to provide a reliable supply of agricultural power and contribute to the…
Location: Bihar, Gujarat and Rajasthan
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Attribution and Democratic Accountability: Evidence From a Field Experiment in India
Tanushree Goyal (Assistant Professor from Harvard University ) , and Robin Harding (Professor of Politics from University of Oxford, )
This project is carried out by researchers from the University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations, under overall Guidance of Professor Robin Harding. This project is funded by the John Fell Fund at the University of Oxford. The overall objective of the project…
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Impact evaluation of Gram Varta
Gram Varta is a Community Mobilization initiative using Participatory Learning and Action Approaches with SHG’s (SWASTH Project). The University of Göttingen received a grant from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation to evaluate Gram Varta. MORSEL was selected as a sub-contractor by the University of…
Location: Madhepura district of Bihar
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Does Political Empowerment Improve the Welfare of Urban Migrants? A Field Experiment on Voter Registration
Gareth Nellis (Assistant Professor from University of California ) , and Nikhar Gaekwad ( Assistant Professor from Columbia University )
New York are conducting a research in Delhi to know more about internal migrants. The purpose is to understand what prevents recent migrants to Delhi from registering to vote in the city and what is the effect of the intervention…
Location: Delhi
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Evaluation of primary health centres in Chhattisgarh
Funded by Oxfam, in this project Council on Energy, Environment and Water evaluated the impact of solar PV systems on the quality of service delivery in the PHCs of Chhatisgarh. Morsel surveyed 150 PHCs across 15 districts in the state to evaluate the impact of…
Location: Chhattisgarh
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Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies
Jennifer Bussell (Assistant Professor from University of California, Berkeley )
First time ever in India, MORSEL conducted a study to shadow the MLAs, MPs and Village Heads for 7 days in four states. The researcher is writing a book based on the data collected by Morsel and this book provides…
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Tiger Reserve Area in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh states of India
Ruth Defries (Professor of ecology and sustainable development from Columbia University ) , and Amrita Neelakantan (Professor from Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology )
The land use around Tiger reserves plays an important role in sustaining the flow of organisms, water, nutrients and energy- linking the reserves to the outside. These reserves in India also support the livelihood needs of people living in and…
Location: Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
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Land Title, Settlement Recognition and the Emergence of Property Rights
Anirudh Krishna (Professor from Duke University ) , Erik Wibbels , and Emily Rains
Planners in India distinguish between declared and undeclared (or notified, recognized, and unrecognized) slums, but events have overtaken these gross distinctions, resulting in the emergence of five and perhaps six distinct types of slums. How slum settlements differ at a…
Location: Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Patna (Bihar)
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Be the Change You Want to See: Leadership Training and Women’s Political Participation
Lakshmi Iyer (Associate Professor from Harvard Business School ) , and Anandi Mani (Associate Professor from University of Warwick )
This project was examining the impact of a leadership and empowerment training program, aimed at increasing women’s political participation as voters, activists, informed citizens and political candidates. The training program was being conducted as a randomized trial and participation in…
Location: Uttar Pradesh
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Do Rural Migrants Divide Ethnically in the City? Evidence from an Ethnographic Experiment in India
Tariq Thachil (Associate Professor from Vanderbilt University ) , and
Despite rapid urbanization across the Global South, identity politics within rural-urban migrant communities remains understudied. Past scholarship is divided over whether village-based ethnic divisions will erode or deepen within diverse poor migrant populations. The researcher assessed these divergent predictions through…
Location: North Indian states of India
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