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    Diego Maiorano

    Introduction

    Diego Maiorano is Senior Assistant Professor at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and Research Associate at the Institute for International Affairs in Rome. His research focuses on Indian politics and political economy. He is the author of Autumn of the Matriarch – Indira Gandhi’s Final Term in Office (2015) and co-author of The Politics of Poverty Reduction in India – The UPA Government 2004 to 2014 (2020) and numerous academic articles on journals such as World Development, Economic and Political Weekly, Modern Asian Studies, Development and Change and Studies in Indian Politics, among others.

    Areas of Interest and Expertise

    • Indian Politics and Political Economy
    • Development Politics and Policy
    • Democratic Institutions
    • Poverty and Inequality
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    isasmd@nus.edu.sg
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    Designation
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    Visiting Research Fellow
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    Email
    :
    isasmd@nus.edu.sg
    DID
    :
    +65 6601 7736
    Designation
    :
    Visiting Research Fellow

    CONTRIBUTIONS

    ISAS Insights

    Indian General Elections 2024:
    Impact of Modi’s Welfare Policies

    Diego Maiorano

    27 March 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    Does India have a Market for Middle-Class Goods?

    Diego Maiorano

    23 August 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Economic Outlook for India and Pakistan

    Divya Murali, Diego Maiorano

    11 August 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Why the Farm Laws were Scrapped: Political Compulsions and More

    Ronojoy Sen, Diego Maiorano

    29 November 2021


    ISAS Working Papers

    India’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

    Ramita Iyer, Diego Maiorano

    18 October 2021


    ISAS Working Papers

    Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

    Vani Swarupa Murali, Diego Maiorano

    6 October 2021


    ISAS Insights

    COVID-19 Lockdown in India: Impact on the Poor and the Government’s Response

    Ramita Iyer, Diego Maiorano

    19 May 2021


    ISAS Insights

    India’s State Election Results: Implications for the BJP

    Diego Maiorano

    14 May 2021



    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Democratic Backsliding

    Diego Maiorano

    8 March 2021


    ISAS Special Reports

    Is There a ‘BJP System’ in Indian Politics?

    Diego Maiorano, Ronojoy Sen, John Joseph Vater

    1 December 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    Language Barriers: Inequalities of India’s National Education Policy

    Vani Swarupa Murali, Diego Maiorano

    18 August 2020


    ISAS Insights

    Pandemic of Poverty in COVID-19 Stricken South Asia

    Muhammad Bin Khalid and Diego Maiorano

    28 July 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    The State of Democracy in South Asia

    Diego Maiorano

    10 March 2020


    ISAS South Asia Scan

    The 2019 Indian General Election and its Implications

    Diego Maiorano and Ronojoy Sen

    27 February 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    The BJP at the Centre and in the States: Divergence, Big Time

    Diego Maiorano

    20 February 2020





    ISAS Briefs

    South Asia Growth Prospects Amid Global Uncertainty

    Diego Maiorano

    15 August 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Future in Water Security

    Nathanael Lee and Diego Maiorano

    1 August 2019



    ISAS Briefs

    The Rural Vote in the 2019 Indian General Elections

    Vani Swarupa Murali and Diego Maiorano

    24 June 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India Elections 2019: The Farmers’ Vote for the BJP

    Nathanael Lee and Diego Maiorano

    12 June 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    Is India becoming less democratic?

    Diego Maiorano

    15 April 2019




    ISAS Briefs

    647 : The BJP in Rural Areas: Insights from the 2014 Elections

    Diego Maiorano

    10 April 2019


    ISAS Insights

    557 : Elections in Andhra Pradesh – Issues and Possible Scenarios

    Ronojoy Sen, Amitendu Palit and Diego Maiorano

    4 April 2019


    ISAS Insights

    550 : Politicisation of Data Under the Modi Regime

    Diego Maiorano

    18 March 2019



    ISAS Insights

    533 : The Indian Elections and the Rural Sector

    Diego Maiorano and Vani Swarupa Murali

    19 January 2019


    ISAS Insights

    531 : The BJP’s Performance in the Hindi Belt

    Diego Maiorano

    21 December 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    631 : Elections in the Hindi belt – Why the BJP should be worried

    Diego Maiorano, Atmakuri Lakshmi Archana

    15 December 2018


    ISAS Working Papers

    313 : India’s Social Policies under the BJP Government

    Diego Maiorano

    11 December 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    623 : Can the BJP lose the 2019 Elections?

    Diego Maiorano

    23 November 2018



    ISAS Briefs

    603 : India Elections: The Perils of Anti-incumbency

    Dr Diego Maiorano

    12 September 2018


    BOOKS

    The Politics of Claim-Making in India

    Diego Maiorano

    2 September 2021

    India 2020: Under the COVID Hammer

    Diego Maiorano

    31 August 2021

    Empowerment Mechanisms-Employment Guarantee, Women and Dalits in India

    Bjorkert Suruchi Thapar, Diego Maiorano, Hans Blomkvist

    28 November 2019

    India 2018: Political Uncertainty and Economic Difficulties

    Torri Michelguglielmo, Diego Maiorano

    1 September 2019

    Review: Post-clientelistic Initiatives in a Patronage Democracy

    Das Upasak, Diego Maiorano

    7 February 2019

    India at 70: Introduction to the BASAS 2017 Special Issue

    Boni Filippo and Diego Maiorano

    27 July 2018