A rich and growing literature illustrates the paradox of COVID-19 responses by governments across the world. States with higher levels of authority and capacity have struggled to respond effectively to COVID-19, while states with low capacity and authority have been more effective in containing...

Introduction : against false binaries -- Poverty, democracy and political spaces -- From clientelism to citizenship? : the politics of supplications -- From moral vocabularies to languages of stateness? : the politics of applications -- From backwardness to improvement? : the politics of...

This paper constructs a composite index of leading indicator (CILI) for the monthly Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of Indian Economy, using large number of important economic indicators exhibiting leading capability to the target series. These indicators are transformed to...