We are an academic research organization. We conduct independent, evidence-based research at the intersection of economics, law, public administration, and data science. Our goal is to improve public policy processes and outcomes in India by building deep institutional knowledge, primary datasets, and analytical capacity.
Our work focuses on the core structural challenges facing the Indian economy and state capacity:
- Legal and Judicial Systems: Empirical analysis of court operations, contract enforcement, and institutional design for legal system efficiency.
- Financial and Regulatory Economics: Policy design across financial markets, systemic risk, household finance, and economic regulation.
- State Capacity and Governance: Analyzing administrative decision-making, regulatory governance, and public administration mechanisms.
- Data Infrastructure and Methodological Innovation: Developing open-access primary datasets, legal taxonomies, and data science pipelines to support policy research.
We engage with researchers, practitioners, and public institutions through empirical rigor, open access, and active intellectual exchange.
- Research & Publications: Read our research papers, policy briefs, and working papers on xkdr.org.
- The Leap Journal: Follow long-form policy analysis and commentary at blog.theleapjournal.org.
- Data & Software: We make our research software and specialized datasets open-access to promote reproducible empirical research.
- Website: xkdr.org
- Email: info@xkdr.org
