Shows
What if it works?The economics of clean energyAs an economist, Namrata Kala has considered how incentivization can alter human behavior and help policies succeed. She leverages this expertise to help us examine how the world's most populous country, India, is thinking about clean energy and the implications of electrification on its energy demand. She also explores how economics, as well as U.S. policy shifts, might affect their trajectory.
What if it works? is a production of the MIT Energy Initiative. This episode was hosted by Rob Stoner and Kara Miller.
Transcript and show notes at energy.mit.edu/p...2025-05-2137 min
Voices in Development: A Podcast from Yale's Economic Growth CenterDevelopment Dialogues: Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande & Catherine Wolfram on financing climate adaptationFinancing climate adaptation: What works, what doesn’t, and can carbon credits help to bridge the gap?In first episode of Development Dialogues, our new series with VoxDevTalks, host Catherine Cheney is joined by Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande, and Catherine Wolfram to discuss research on climate adaptation measures in lower-income countries, how to pay for them, and the role voluntary carbon markets and compliance markets can play.Namrata Kala is an Associate Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also on the Editorial Board of VoxDev and served as...2024-11-0534 min
VoxDev Development EconomicsDevelopment Dialogues: Financing climate adaptationIn the first episode of a regular collaboration between Yale's Economic Growth
Center and VoxDev, host Catherine Cheney speaks to Catherine Wolfram and
Namrata Kala of the MIT Sloan School, and Rohini Pande of Yale, about how to
finance climate adaptation. They discuss what works and what doesn't, what role
carbon markets play, and also discuss the upcoming United Nations Climate
Change Summit, COP 29.
Read the full show notes on VoxDev: https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/financing-climate-adaptation-what-works-what-doesnt-and-can-carbon-credits
2024-11-0534 min
Curiosity UnboundedHard facts on soft skills — Namrata KalaNamrata Kala is an associate professor in applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the value of employee training and incentives, how communities adapt to environmental change and regulation, and the returns on environmental technology investment. Here, Namrata speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the importance of soft skills training, and the benefits of being a straight shooter.Links: MIT Sloan School of Management”J-PAL,” the Jameel Poverty Action LabMIT Climate ProjectTimestamps:(10:07) - Communication skills and productivity(13:14) - Building relationships to benefit climate w...2024-04-0925 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoThe war on air pollutionContributor(s): Professor Michael Greenstone, Professor Namrata Kala, Omar Masud, Liu Xin | This event raises the profile of this important determinant of human well-being and explore innovative ways to reduce it. To do this we will pair prominent academics and policy makers working on the frontline of the war on air pollution to help map a path forward for the world.2023-09-111h 29
VoxDev Development EconomicsLetting managers manageIf you want to succeed as a boss, business books tell you, you have to delegate. But we know less than you think about the impact of delegation on productivity and profitability. Namrata Kala of MIT tells Tim Phillips how some Indian SOEs decided to let managers manage, giving us a new insight into the impact of managerial autonomy.2021-09-0115 min
The Visible HandEpisode 18: Namrata Kala on Management and Shocks to Worker ProductivityThe paper discussed in this episode is Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity, by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Namrata Kala, and Anant Nyshadham. 2021-07-1445 min