Independent analysis · 2026
How would we know assisted access worked?
How to tell whether naka help desks increased benefit receipt.
The question
Does assisted welfare access at labour nakas increase successful benefit receipt among informal interstate migrants in three Mumbai wards?
Difference-in-differences with a matched comparison ward, plus a process evaluation. An RCT is a later instrument if a partner can actually randomise. Outcome is successful receipt, not registrations. If the diagnostic shows the break is at the counter, this design follows Option B instead.