Michael Lokshin

Syria / Atma Refugee Camp - January 2018 - Syrian refugee family and camp

Build cities, not camps: A proposal for addressing refugee crises

Michael Lokshin and Jan-Peter Olters

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Iris Ortner, an analyst at the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, works at her computer during an interview appointment for information about the police software "VeRA" at the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA), while a relationship diagram can be seen on one of her monitors. The relationship diagram shows the number of incoming and outgoing messages of a target person with other contacts (names of the contacts are alienated). In the future, the computer program "VeRA" (inter-procedural search and analysis platform) will support police investigators in the efficient analysis of large databases. large amounts of data.

AI for social protection: Mind the people

Michael Lokshin and Nithin Umapathi

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Sex workers wait in a queue to receive free rations at G B Road, kamla market during the distribution.Under the programme 'Seva Hi Sangathan' BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is distributing free food rations across India, helping those in need amid Coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Pradeep Gaur / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Bureaucratic solutions to problems of targeting social assistance

Michael Lokshin and Nithin Umapathi

Monday, June 7, 2021

In the midst of the health crisis of the coronavirus covid 19 epidemic, home-based work (teleworking) has become almost obligatory for employees in the service sector. A woman works on a computer with two telephones (smartphone) in the living room of her apartment. Library full of books in the background. Paris, March 16, 2020. En pleine crise sanitaire d epidemie de coronavirus covid 19, le travail a domicile (teletravail) est devenu presque obligatoire pour les salaries du secteur tertiaire. Une femme travaille sur un ordinateur avec deux telephones (smartphone) dans le salon de son appartement. Bibliotheque pleine de livres en arriere plan. Paris, le 16 mars 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Can public policy incentivize staying at home during COVID-19?

Apurva Sanghi and Michael Lokshin

Thursday, April 23, 2020