India

Rural Indian woman and daughter using a laptop

The power of community as a catalyst to tackle disrupted learning

Rukmini Banerji and Asif Saleh

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Starting conversations on social and emotional learning with parents and teachers is critical for building family engagement

Emily Markovich Morris and Rini D’Souza

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

A woman goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system in the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 13, 2013. The UID database, known as Aadhaar, will help directly transfer budget-busting subsidies to the poor, plugging in leakages in welfare spending. Picture taken February 13, 2013. To match INDIA-BUDGET/ REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

Lessons from India’s attempt to marry biometric and voter ID databases

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

A man works at India's booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Why globalization is shifting in favor of India, not China

Arvind Subramanian and David Dollar

Monday, April 18, 2022

A woman washes clothes outside her house at a slum in New Delhi, India.

Raising the standard: Time for a higher poverty line in India

Surjit S. Bhalla, Karan Bhasin, and Arvind Virmani

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to media at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on February 27, 2022. Kishida speaks about Ukraine crisis.The Japanese government decided to add economic sanctions on Russia. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

How Asian countries are reacting to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Tanvi Madan, Mireya Solís, and Andrew Yeo

Monday, March 21, 2022

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrive at the model village where he gifted 200 cows to villagers who do not yet own one, as part of the Rwandan Government's Girinka "may you have a cow" Programme, in Rweru, Bugesera district, Rwanda July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

The future of India-Africa relations: Opportunities abound

Stephen Karingi and Laura N. Naliaka

Friday, February 25, 2022

Students as seen inside a classroom of BSS School in Kolkata , India , on 3 February 2022 . School reopens after being shut due to restrictions caused by the spread of new Omicron variant of Coronavirus in Kolkata . (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

4-step bridge program holds promise for addressing foundational learning in post-pandemic India

Dhir Jhingran, Ramesh Chandra, and Sushruti Sachdev

Friday, February 4, 2022

Children in India attend school during COVID.

Why Indian NGOs are developing a shared education agenda in reaction to COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

A child in India learns to read.

Getting both costs and effectiveness right to improve decisionmaking in education

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Dayoung Lee

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony by the National Program of Civic-Military Schools, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Local village voters are seen in the queue with the proper Covid-19 guidelines as they wait to cast their votes on the bi-election as one of a winning candidate had died before the assembly election term ends at Pipili election constituency of Puri district neighbored of the eastern Indian state Odishas capital city Bhubaneswar. Local volunteers help voters to cast their votes smoothly as these areas in today surrounded and keep alerts by the police forces after a little bit violence happened before the polling. EYEPRESS/Biswaranjan Rout

Interpreting India at the Summit for Democracy

Constantino Xavier

Monday, December 6, 2021

A young woman in India talks to her mentor on the phone.

Unlocking young women’s economic potential through digital mentoring in India

Arundhuti Gupta

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

A woman at home uses her phone to talk to a mentor.

India should leverage digital mentoring to increase women’s workforce participation

Arundhuti Gupta

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Indian army soldiers are seen after a snowfall at the India-China trade route at Nathu-La, 55 km (34 miles) north of Gangtok, capital of India's northeastern state of Sikkim, January 17, 2009. The Nathu-La mountain pass, known as the old silk route, lies at an altitude of 14,200 ft. bordering between India and China and is covered with snow throughout the year. Picture taken January 17, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA)

China’s land border law: A preliminary assessment

Thursday, November 4, 2021

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a 'Quad nations' meeting at the Leaders' Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

India is not sitting on the geopolitical fence

War on the Rocks Wednesday, October 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: CO2 storage tanks are seen at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in Wuhu, Anhui province, China September 11, 2019. Picture taken September 11, 2019. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo

Net zero carbon pledges have good intentions. But they are not enough.

Monday, October 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Ahmedabad, India, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

The inside story of India’s coal and power crises

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Dr. S. Jaishankar, India External Affairs Minister of India, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the sideline of the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, on Sunday Oct 31, 2021. They discuss efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific cooperation bilaterally and through the Quad. I look forward to working together to deepen the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, according to Blinken statement.

Major power rivalry in South Asia

October 2021

U.S President Biden hosts Quad leaders at their first in-person summit, including (L-R) Japan's PM Suga Yoshihide, India's PM Narendra Modi, Australia's PM Scott Morrison, and in the White House on Friday Sept 24, 2021 amid shared concerns about China's growing power and behavior.

More than hype: Summit shows that the Quad is already coming of age

Saturday, September 25, 2021