Dr. Dhanuraj, the chairman of the Center for Public Policy Research in India (CPPR) discusses the institutionalized discrimination against women that is a direct product of the Kerala Shops & Establishments Act in Kerala, India. CCPR worked tirelessly with the communist-led government of Kerala to implement significant policy re...
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Since gaining independence in 1945, Indonesia’s government has pursued a harmful policy of food self-sufficiency that imposes severe import restrictions, tariffs, price controls, monopolies by state-owned enterprises, and barriers to entry—all in the name of independence. These laws increase the cost of food, resulting in widesp...
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For more than half a century, the Kerala Shops & Establishments Act has regulated labor standards and restrictions for commercial establishments within the state of Kerala, India. In this state of nearly 35 million people, the law controls everything from which days and for how many hours a shop can operate to when women can wor...
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Historically, Alberta has been a leader in sound economic governance within North America. However, that standing has declined in recent years due to poor public policy from across the political spectrum. To reverse this trend, the Fraser Institute launched the Alberta Prosperity Initiative (API) in 2012, seeking to explain to r...
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More than one million Costa Ricans—almost 20 percent of the country’s population—live in poverty while almost ten thousand receive “luxury pensions.” This privileged group, dubbed “Ticos Con Coronas” (or “Costa Ricans with Crowns”), receive an average monthly pension of US$4,495, with some receiving as much as US$24,000 per mont...
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Certificate of need (CON) laws require healthcare providers to seek regulatory approval before opening or expanding their facilities. Often a lengthy, costly, and unpredictable process, CON laws have decreased quality and access to care, while increasing costs for patients and providers. Since 2016, the Mercatus Center at George...
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Protecting endangered species is a fairly uncontroversial policy issue. While the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) has helped to prevent 99 percent of listed species from going extinct, only two percent of those species have ever recovered their populations to warrant no longer being listed. To improve this poor track record...
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Awarded annually since 2004, Atlas Network’s Templeton Freedom Award is named for the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton. This prestigious prize honors Sir John’s legacy by recognizing Atlas Network’s partner organizations for exceptional and innovative contributions to the understanding of free enterprise and t...
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“This is a great time to be a think tank!” said trade expert Felippa Amanta of Indonesia’s Center for Indonesian Policy Studies, enthusiastically telling her audience about the important work that her team is doing to ensure that free trade continues to flourish. Despite the challenges faced by civil society organizations during...
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Malaysia-based Islam and Liberty Network has won the 2020 Asia Liberty Award for their faith-based Muslim Case for a Free Society project. The $7,000 prize is awarded annually and is part of Atlas Network's suite of Regional Liberty Awards. Two other finalists—Advocata Institute and their "Don't Tax My Period Project", and Centr...
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The Asia Liberty Award annually celebrates think tanks whose work most successfully encourages prosperity and human flourishing in Asia. This year's finalists are: Centre for Public Policy Research in India, for their work to liberalize night work for women; Islam & Liberty Network in Malaysia, for their “Muslim Case for a Free...
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Current labor regulations in the southern Indian state of Kerala are shaped by the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act of 1960, which has demonstrated itself to be outdated, inefficient, and discriminatory. Center for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is located in Kochi, a major port city in the state of Kerala. Its Model Shops...
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Often, those who may immediately benefit greatly from the ideas of economic freedom are those who have never been exposed to them. One such group of people are the over 35 million speakers of Malayalam in southwestern India. An ongoing project of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), an Atlas Network partner organization...
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Private healthcare practices are picking up media attention in India as the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), an Atlas Network partner based in Kochi, released a study highlighting the preference of private healthcare institutions to public ones.
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It’s essential to understand the ideas of individual freedom in order to promote them successfully. Millions of people around the world, however, have never been exposed to the fundamental works of classical liberal thought. The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), an Atlas Network partner organization based in Kochi, India...
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In order for think tanks to generate rigorous studies and shape the policy discussions in their countries, they need to learn how to use the most meticulous research methods. The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), an Atlas Network partner based in India, has worked with Atlas Leadership Academy (ALA) since 2012 to cultiva...
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The destructive effects of prohibitionist policies are evident throughout the world, but officials in the state of Bihar in East India have said they will ban alcohol beginning in April 2016. Atlas Network partner the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) has long been an advocate of liquor trade liberalization, and recently...
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Working toward a free society can often seem like an uphill battle, but that struggle is shared by Atlas Network partners across the globe. They all have valuable ideas and proven strategies for success to learn and to share with each other. Think Tank MBA (TTMBA), Atlas Network’s flagship training program within Atlas Leadershi...
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Asia has become a powerhouse in global markets, a trend that is only expected to grow over time. Asia’s economy contributed almost 40 percent of the world’s productive output in 2014, and accounted for nearly two thirds of global economic growth. Deeper market integration and liberalization in the region is critical to the globa...
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Making an impact in public policy requires learning rigorous research methods and best practices in publishing policy papers. At the recent CPPR-Atlas Policy School 2015, participants spent 14 days of intensive training in which they were challenged to develop their research agenda, conduct field research, draft policy papers, a...
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In the dense population centers of India, the logistics of getting people from their homes to high-capacity transit like rail has long plagued the transportation sector. The passage of a new bill allowing the operation of “e-rickshaws” will both help solve that problem and provide a newly legal means of income for the urban poor...
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Aside from India’s river systems, the 150-year-old railways are vital veins for the nation’s economy. However, the railway network is on track to become a financial burden because of mismanagement and a precipitous drop in demand during the last five decades. Atlas Network partner Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) recentl...
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The upcoming Centre for Public Policy Research-Atlas Leadership Academy Policy School offers aspiring researchers two weeks of intensive training in methods of public policy research. In the past, CPPR has trained participants from 32 countries in its program covering research methodology, public policy evaluation, and policy br...
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India has the world’s third-largest and fastest-growing market for alcoholic beverages. Its whiskey market is estimated to be 300 million cases, which makes it the largest in the world. Nevertheless, doing business in India remains difficult for both domestic and foreign alcohol producers. India would benefit tremendously from o...
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The wishful thinking of undergraduate friends rarely yields results so fruitful as the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) in India. D. Dhanuraj, chairman of the CPPR and his seven friends were still undergraduates when they started the organization in 2004 with the help of the Centre for Civil Society, both of which are At...
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The Democracy Works project aims to refresh the development debate and inject the voice of democratic countries from the southern hemisphere, with a focus on India, Brazil, and South Africa. This joint project between the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg, Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Instituto de...
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D. Dhanuraj and Rahul V. Kumar of Centre for Public Policy Research in India analyze the biggest-ever election in world history with 815 million eligible voters. In their AtlasOne article, they discuss the landslide victory of India's Prime Minister-elect, Narendra Modi.
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In India, government-run job training programs don’t have a great track record. Centre for Public Policy Research, an Atlas Network partner based in southern India, proposes an alternative system of "skill vouchers" to meet the challenge of job training. This system would encourage private companies to create "finishing schools"...
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