Anirudh Krishna, Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Political Science

Anirudh Krishna
Contact Info:
Office Location:  212 Sanford Institute
Office Phone:  (919) 613-7337
Email Address:  

Teaching (Fall 2012):

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

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. 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 .
  2. A. Krishna, Characteristics and Patterns of Intergenerational Poverty Traps and Escapes in Rural North India, Development Policy Review, vol. forthcoming (2012) .
  3. A. Krishna, Examining the Structures of Opportunity and Social Mobility in India: Who Becomes an Engineer? (Submitted, 2011) .
  4. Anirudh Krishna, Kripa Ananthpur, and Tulsi Patel, Radial Dissipation II: Health Outcomes in Villages at Different Distances to Towns (Submitted, 2011) .
  5. A. Krishna, Stuck in Slums (the Design of a Third-World City?): Investigating 14 Slum Settlements in Bangalore (Submitted, 2011) .