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Understanding savings 

By Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*  The importance of savings in development is well known. It is also a well-known fact that the rate of savings has been an important economic variable for economic development, particularly, in developing…

Investing more in people

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy recently stirred a debate by urging young Indians to embrace 70-hour work weeks (i.e. almost 12 hours per day, considering Sunday as a holiday) to compete with economies…

Women in Labour Market

By Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on October 9, 2023, to Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor, for advancing the world’s understanding of women’s progress in the workforce and…