Lakshmi Iyer is a professor of economics and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA). Her research areas are development economics and political economy, with a strong focus on Asia. She has examined the development consequences of many institutional factors, including colonial rule, the role of bureaucrats, decentralization, gender quotas, women’s political participation and the social identity of leaders. Her new lines of research examine the interplay between governance, global health and natural resource management.

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Getting more women into politics: Evidence from elections in India
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- Gender 
- Politics and economics
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Is decentralisation helping the poor regions?
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- Development 
- Poverty and Income Inequality
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The poor half billion in South Asia: Is there hope for change?
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- Development 
- Poverty and Income Inequality
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Conflict and development
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- Development