Rahul Lahoti

Rahul Lahoti

Rahul Lahoti is Researcher in UNU-WIDER with research interests at the cross section of gender, poverty measurement, inequality, social stratification and labour markets.

What Do We Miss on Women’s Employment in Survey Data?

Women’s participation in work turns out to be much higher than usually estimated when modifications are made to the questions asked in surveys, the time period covered and, most important, who is…
▶21-Feb-2023
Rosa Abraham, Nishat Anjum, Rahul Lahoti, Hema Swaminathan

Hunger Grows as India’s Lockdown Kills Jobs

The lockdown has devastated livelihoods at unprecedented levels, causing widespread job losses and hunger. The measures so far will not solve the crisis. India should universalise the PDS, expand…
▶27-May-2020
Rahul Lahoti, Amit Basole, Rosa Abraham, Surbhi Kesar, Paaritosh Nath

Common Service Centres

Common Service Centres, a component of Digital India, are supposed to be transformational in how they meet the citizen's documentation needs that are essential to access government services. A…
▶22-Oct-2019
Inayat Sabhikhi, Rahul Lahoti, Rajendran Narayanan