Gender and Fiscal Policy in Tamil Nadu

Thanks to the generous support of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and the Adriene Hall Fund,  I will be working with Evidence for Policy Design on a project related to property tax reforms in Tamil Nadu, India. Working in collaboration with the Greater Chennai Corporation (the municipal corporation for the capital city of Tamil Nadu), the research team will develop a study to test interventions that can increase property tax revenues without imposing additional burdens on existing tax collectors. 

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Property tax revenues are used to fund several local public goods which directly impact women’s lives, including primary health centers, schools, roads, street lighting, public transport infrastructure, and sanitation. Therefore, our study will help the government understand which property tax reforms should be implemented at scale in order to raise revenues that can be used to improve the delivery of public goods that increase women’s welfare.

 

I will be posting regular updates on the project throughout the summer to this blog.