Assessing India: Democracy, Governance, and Foreign Policy

October 1, 2012

Democracy, Governance, and Foreign Policy: Tracing India’s Footprint in the World (September 24, 2012)

During the 1960s, many predicted India’s collapse as a nation. Today, it is one of the world’s rising economic powers and a significant political actor in South Asia and beyond. How did this transformation take place and how has India’s rise influenced debates around development? To what extent has growth affected governance and the problem of inequality?

At a recent discussion, economist Sanjay Reddy and writer Siddhartha Deb discussed the state of Indian democracy, its footprint in the world, and what these phenomena mean for open society concerns.

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Impact Investing

India Delivers a Case Study in Successful Impact Investing

The Open Society Foundations adopted an innovative impact investment approach in India—now its success has brought in more private capital to fund businesses that deliver positive social and economic change.

August 30, 2019 | Sean Hinton

Gender Justice Now

Women Will Not Be Silent

By now, the link between authoritarianism and the repression of women and gender nonconforming people is clear. But those targeted by such hateful politics cannot—and will not—be intimidated.

February 5, 2019 | Kavita N. Ramdas

Voices

A Victory for Equality in India Offers Lessons for the World

In light of the Supreme Court of India’s landmark decision decriminalizing homosexuality, advocates for equality should draw lessons on how citizens in the world’s largest democracy made bold and positive change a reality.

September 12, 2018 | Maxim Anmeghichean

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