Rohini Pande

Rohini Pande is an American economist, who is currently the Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. Quotes The vast majority of India’s poor rely on daily wage labour for sustenance. With the current lockdown and its likely extension, millions of daily labourers and their families can no longer earn the money they need to survive. In this unprecedented situation, the Indian state must respond swiftly to prevent widespread acute hunger. [...] The health and economic threats posed by the pandemic are unprecedented: India must capitalise upon its preparedness to address food insecurity and prioritise food distribution to protect the health and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens. Food before cash: Because PMJDY cash transfers will exclude many of India’s poorest (May 11, 2020), co-written with Simone Schaner and Charity Troyer Moore, The Indian Express External links and references Rohini Pande's website at Harvard University Evidence for Policy Design Program Poverty Action Lab Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession Citations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TN3_IdIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra Google Scholar Category:Living people Category:Economists from India Category:Women scientists from India Category:Educators from India Category:Economists from the United States Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Educators from the United States Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Yale University faculty