Key details
Dr Navjot Sangwan
Lecturer in Economics
Navjot Sangwan joined the University of Greenwich in 2019 as a Lecturer in Economics. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Durham University, an MSc in Economics from the University of East Anglia and a BA (Hons) in Economics from Delhi University. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. His work has also been published in World Development, Project Syndicate, The Guardian, The Korea Herald and Developing Economics.
Research / Scholarly interests
Navjot Sangwan is interested in research on microfinance, poverty reduction, women's empowerment, the economics of discrimination, education, health, social inequalities and impact evaluations.
Recent publications
Article
Sangwan, Navjot and , Tasciotti, Luca (2023), Time to remit: the effect of remittances on household consumption and dietary diversity in India. Sciendo. In: , , , . Sciendo, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 14 (1) 2520-1786 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2023-0003).
Sangwan, Navjot and , (2023), Make microfinance great again: can flexibility in repayments improve business outcomes in North India?. The Indian Economic Association. In: , , , . The Indian Economic Association, The Indian Economic Journal 0019-4662 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00194662231199232).
Sangwan, Navjot and , Tasciotti, Luca (2023), Losing the plot: the impact of urban agriculture on household food expenditure and dietary diversity in sub-Saharan African countries. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Agriculture, 13: 284 (2) . pp. 1-20 2077-0472 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020284).
Saha, Bibhas and , Sangwan, Navjot (2019), Credit where credit's due: The enabling effects of empowerment in Indian microfinance. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, World Development, 122 . pp. 537-551 ISSN: 0305-750X (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.06.009).
Working paper
Sangwan, Navjot and , (2020), 3000 Years of Discrimination and Counting: How Caste Still Matters in the Indian Credit Sector. In: , , , . , Greenwich Papers in Political Economy (doi: ).