Anirudh Krishna, Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Political Science
Contact Info:
Office Location:
212 Sanford Institute
Office Phone:
(919) 613-7337
Email Address:
Education:
PhD, Cornell University, 2000
M.P.S., Cornell University, 1995
M.A., Delhi School of Economics, 1980
B.A. (Honors), St. Stephens College, Delhi University, India, 1978
Specialties:
Comparative Politics Political Institutions
Research Interests:Poverty and Democracy in Developing Countries
Current projects:
Beyond Poverty: Prospects for Social Mobility, Connecting Democracy with the People: Institutions in the Middle, Internal Migration: How do People Move from Rural Areas to Cities, and What do they Experience?
Areas of Interest:
Poverty dynamics Inter-generational mobility Participation in Democracy Social Capital
Anirudh Krishna, Meri Poghosyan, and Narayan Das., “How Much Can Asset Transfers Help the Poorest? Evaluating the Results of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Programme (2002-2008).”,
Journal of Development Studies, vol. 48 no. 2
(February, 2012),
pp. 184-97 .
A. Krishna, Characteristics and Patterns of Intergenerational Poverty Traps and Escapes in Rural North India,
Development Policy Review, vol. forthcoming
(2012) .
A. Krishna, Examining the Structures of Opportunity and Social Mobility in India: Who Becomes an Engineer?
(Submitted, 2011) .
Anirudh Krishna, Kripa Ananthpur, and Tulsi Patel, Radial Dissipation II: Health Outcomes in Villages at Different Distances to Towns
(Submitted, 2011) .
A. Krishna, Stuck in Slums (the Design of a Third-World City?): Investigating 14 Slum Settlements in Bangalore
(Submitted, 2011) .
