One Policy-concept a Week (OPW)

#39 State & Markets

A framework for states to better manage their relationship with markets

May 5 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

April 2025

#37 Quality of Welfare Spending

Three part metrics to assess welfare spending quality

Apr 14 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

June 2024

#36 Government Failure

The 'Achilles heels' of governments

Jun 7, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

May 2024

#35 Goals of Government

Evaluating public policies

May 21, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

#34 Three Steps in Policy Thinking

Three questions to ask yourself while drafting a policy

May 14, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

Celebrating 1 Year of OPW

OPW Survey

May 9, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

#33 Social Contract

Why do we need a state?

May 7, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

April 2024

#32 Quality of Governance

Measuring the efficiency of the executive

Apr 30, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

#31 Scope vs Strength in State Capacity

How to think about state capacity?

Apr 23, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

#30 Democracy or Autocracy

Why we need a democratic government for economic development

Apr 16, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

#29 Public Expenditure Efficiency

Ensuring inputs translates to outputs and outcomes

Apr 2, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla

March 2024

#28 New Business in Town: C-SPACE

Kerala government's never ending experiments with running businesses

Mar 28, 2024 • 

Sonal Kuruvilla