This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India has seen millions of people fleeing failing agriculture to megacities that are poorly equipped to handle the influx amid increased threats from climate hazards particularly floods and heat waves,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Green recovery – a COVID era buzz-phrase – has achieved instant stardom. It creeps into every discourse on the economy and the post-COVID state of the world. Although its definition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India has been struck hard by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic—daily cases and deaths peaked at more than 400,000 cases and 4,000 deaths, respectively, almost four to five…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India is unlikely to be the last country encountering catastrophic outbreaks as the COVID-19 pandemic persists and evolves. The lessons from India’s experience are especially relevant to other developing countries,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural India has been in distress long before COVID-19, but over the last few months, the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown have revealed the vulnerability of rural areas to crises.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What happens when a group of filmmakers and journalists set out to answer the age-old question: How do we end global poverty? It turns out they harness the power of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shaping the future of municipal bonds in India When Omidyar Network proposed working with Bridgespan to Indian grantee Janaagraha, the nonprofit’s CEO Srikanth Viswanathan was initially skeptical. “To be honest,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few decades, organisations and movements working on human rights have become more aware of the pervasive and systematic attacks against human rights defenders, including the particular challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 experience has removed any doubts about how inextricably countries, communities and societies are linked. It has also clearly highlighted that while responding to crises and providing relief during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year for #16DaysofActivism, we ran a social media campaign highlighting some often-ignored aspects of gender-based violence. On India’s declining female workforce participation “There is a double burden of work–outside work and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between April to October 2020, at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave, Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3) had conducted multiple surveys across several demographics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent surge of COVID-19 in South Asia challenges India’s traditional ability to aid its smaller neighbors, a change that could, in turn, affect India’s influence in its competition with China.…