@pallavi_econ points out that differences in measurements can have different policy implications.

Invited to express my views on the need for data harmonization & integration of survey & non-survey data at the Niti Aayog-State Workshop series. Successful policy interventions require harmonization across data sources & within various rounds of each source Sonalde Desai @NCAER

The challenge in this integration lies in differential data quality. Neither sources are perfect. How do we triangulate?

Rethinking social safety nets in a changing society - Sonalde Desai Sonalde Desai (NCAER & UMD Sociology) and coauthors Read more: ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty…

Sonalde Desai NCAER This paper was coauthored by Debasis Barik, @pallavi_econ, Bijay Chouhan, Om Prakash Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Tiwari & Sharan Sharma. It was presented at #IPF2024 w/ Saurabh Garg & Shanta Devarajan IHDS Corner World Bank Poverty Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

While overall poverty has been ⬇️ the share of transient poverty ⬆️ b/w IHDS Corner wave 2 & 3. As the economy grows & households transition in and out of poverty, it becomes difficult to identify the poor & give them access to social protection Read more: rb.gy/13p93y

1. Last interview for India Human Development Survey-3 took place yesterday. Our grateful thanks to over 47000 families for generously opening their homes and hearts to our interviewers once again. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 to over 8000 schools and health centres for taking the time to talk to us.

2. As before, we are committed to placing the data in public domain in a usable format & free of charge. Our next year will be spent validating data, harmonizing variables across rounds, creating data files and composite variables, and generating sampling weights.

3. In waves 1 & 2, it took 30 months to complete this process and place data in the public domain. With digital data collection, we hope to expedite this somewhat. Please stay tuned for an announcement on the IHDS website, newsletter, and social media about data availability.

At the @NCAER Gender Conclave on 25.09.24, co-chairing the session on "Creating Economic Opportunities for Women" with Diego Ubfal

Second panel of the day. Datascape by Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) Anisha Sharma Govindraj Ethiraj Pallavi Choudhuri

Great discussions at the Datascape Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) on civic data initiatives, the need to make data publicly accessible, and the nuances of capturing women's work. Thank you Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) Ashwini_Deshpande Akshi for inviting me.

Invited to speak at NITI Aayog Data Forum on improving gender outcomes through data-driven policymaking at the session on 'Data systems for achieving SDGs'. Excellent discussions on leveraging alternate data sources, learning from best practices, and GoI & State initiatives.

NCAER Faculty Pallavi Choudhuri joined an expert panel at the National Workshop on Longitudinal Surveys in India, hosted by Madras Institute of Development Studies. As a panel expert, she highlighted innovations in survey methodology & data quality, and how strengthening longitudinal research is crucial for

Special edition of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) newsletter, featuring data from the latest wave of the IHDS, mapping key changes in the lives of women. IHDS Corner

It was great to speak at a panel at the Data Users Conference organized by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Indian School of Business (ISB) on 27.05.25, reflecting on the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) & forward-looking CAPEX survey in guiding policy discourse #Econtwitter tinyurl.com/474chctj

NCAER Faculty Pallavi Choudhuri served as a panellist in the Data Users Conference organised by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in collaboration with the Indian School of Business on 27th May 2025. She