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I am in the final year of my Master's studies in International Business Economics and Finance at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.

With my research I aim to study the intersection of International Trade and Development.

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MSc in Economics (International Business Economics and Finance), 2021

Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

BSc. (Hons) Mathematics, 2019

University of Delhi

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Economics of Indian Sweatshops: The Need for Sturdy Labour Laws

As India reels to achieve a sense of normalcy in a post-COVID world, a term often thrown around is new normal. And as we strive to...

Urvi Dhar

Jul 22, 20204 min read

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Brain Drain: The Shift in Template

“At one time, in the 1960s, there was massive concern in the media and among policymakers in many countries, including India, about the...

Urvi Dhar

Jul 19, 20202 min read

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Akerlof on Sins of Omission

George A. Akerlof, perhaps best known for his ‘Market of Lemons’ problem, published an article, in the Journal of Economic Literature,...

Urvi Dhar

Jun 26, 20203 min read

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To Play or Not to Pay: Game Theoretic Analysis of Trade War (Half and One)

The result of extreme protectionist policies, a situation often termed as the trade war is what reality looks like right now....

Urvi Dhar

Jun 18, 20201 min read

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Sweatshops: What You've got Wrong

There is a somewhat dark dimension of the global economy (one of many) that makes (some of) us uncomfortable. These are sweatshops, that...

Urvi Dhar

Jun 15, 20203 min read

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The Link Between Migration and Development: Paved by Remittances

Remittances, in its most basic form, can be understood as a sum of money that workers send back to their home, to their families. The...

Urvi Dhar

Jun 10, 20202 min read

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Why do clubs charge a higher entry fee for men than they do for women?

There are certain questions that rattle me sitting at my desk self-isolating, that could perhaps never cross my mind on a normal day....

Urvi Dhar

May 20, 20203 min read

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Its MayDay for Unpaid Labourers

The month of May is chimed in with labour day, a day that’s meant to celebrate the working class across the world. Now, the concept of...

Urvi Dhar

May 12, 20203 min read

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Why is Intersectionality Important in the Analysis of Economic Data?

For the most part, majority of the economic analysis that is undertaken focusses on a single axis- mostly economic class, divided into a...

Urvi Dhar

May 7, 20203 min read

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Human Cost of Fast Fashion #NeverForget Rana Plaza

As atrocities inflicted upon the people of Bangladesh continue, we must remember the Rana Plaza incident that took place on this day,...

Urvi Dhar

Apr 25, 20203 min read

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Transforming the Exponential Curve

A lot of the information that we have been consuming off late about the Coronavirus has revolved around the exponential graphs that it is...

Urvi Dhar

Apr 9, 20202 min read

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Is this pandemic fuelling De-globalisation?

More relevant now than ever, in this time of social isolation, consider your mobile phone, a gadget that promises you connectivity, and...

Urvi Dhar

Apr 2, 20204 min read

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China sneezes, and Asia catches a cold.

There was a phrase that was widely used to describe the economic power that the United States commanded- “US sneezes, and the world...

Urvi Dhar

Mar 25, 20203 min read

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The Political Economy of the Indian Onion

The onion, has strangely occupied my mind for longer than any vegetable justly should- I wrote about the Political Economy of the Onion...

Urvi Dhar

Mar 25, 20203 min read

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