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Global food prices registered a new high in February 2011, rising by more than 30% year-on-year, ... more Global food prices registered a new high in February 2011, rising by more than 30% year-on-year, underpinned by large increases in the prices of cereals, edible oils, and meat. While the recent price increases were triggered largely by production shortfalls due to bad weather, structural and cyclical factors that were at play during the 2007–2008 food crisis continue to be relevant, especially in light of the strong recovery of many emerging economies from the global economic crisis. In the short term, a continuing trend of high and volatile food prices is likely. This is because grain carryover stocks have been falling as production has been unable to meet utilization requirements. In addition, supply uncertainties are rising due to extreme weather disturbances. Hikes in the international prices of rice and wheat—the two key staples produced and consumed in developing Asia—together with increases in other domestic food items, have translated to an average domestic food price inflat...
The true impact of a country’s tax system depends not just on how the system is designed but more... more The true impact of a country’s tax system depends not just on how the system is designed but more importantly on how its tax laws are administered and enforced. An apparently highly progressive tax structure may in practice be regressive if taxes levied on the rich are not collected. Why and how much do people evade taxes? What are the implications of offering amnesties to evaders? What is the Indian evidence? What can be done to curb tax evasion and control black income? This paper addresses such questions.
The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate vol... more The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line—including many millions in developing Asia. Structural forces augmented by adverse cyclical events have put food prices on an upward trajectory that will not end soon. Unless trade is kept open and relative prices are allowed to reflect market scarcity, severe consequences will emerge. In the immediate future, carefully targeted assistance to the poor will be essential—both in terms of food and inputs necessary to increase food production in the coming crop season. A reevaluation of investment priorities and feasibility of agricultural projects must be undertaken in light of these price developments, accompanied by stronger efforts to boost agricultural productivity growth in order to mitigate any longer-term rise in food prices.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
... Vinaya Swaroop Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , b... more ... Vinaya Swaroop Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , b , Shikha Jha a and Andrew Sunil Rajkumar b. ... If the recipient country can treat the entire aid amount as a pure supplement to its domestic resources, then aid is fully-fungible. ...
Journal of quantitative economics: journal of the Indian Econometric Society
Economic and political weekly
I Introduction GOVERNMENTS in many countries distribute subsidised consumer goods, especially foo... more I Introduction GOVERNMENTS in many countries distribute subsidised consumer goods, especially food. The justification is to pro-vide the economically weaker sections with a minimumn level of consumption, and some schemes have been at least partially suc-cessful in reaching ...
Economic and political weekly
Economic and political weekly
Asia-Pacific journal of rural development
Economic and political weekly
ABSTRACT
Global food prices registered a new high in February 2011, rising by more than 30% year-on-year, ... more Global food prices registered a new high in February 2011, rising by more than 30% year-on-year, underpinned by large increases in the prices of cereals, edible oils, and meat. While the recent price increases were triggered largely by production shortfalls due to bad weather, structural and cyclical factors that were at play during the 2007–2008 food crisis continue to be relevant, especially in light of the strong recovery of many emerging economies from the global economic crisis. In the short term, a continuing trend of high and volatile food prices is likely. This is because grain carryover stocks have been falling as production has been unable to meet utilization requirements. In addition, supply uncertainties are rising due to extreme weather disturbances. Hikes in the international prices of rice and wheat—the two key staples produced and consumed in developing Asia—together with increases in other domestic food items, have translated to an average domestic food price inflat...
The true impact of a country’s tax system depends not just on how the system is designed but more... more The true impact of a country’s tax system depends not just on how the system is designed but more importantly on how its tax laws are administered and enforced. An apparently highly progressive tax structure may in practice be regressive if taxes levied on the rich are not collected. Why and how much do people evade taxes? What are the implications of offering amnesties to evaders? What is the Indian evidence? What can be done to curb tax evasion and control black income? This paper addresses such questions.
The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate vol... more The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line—including many millions in developing Asia. Structural forces augmented by adverse cyclical events have put food prices on an upward trajectory that will not end soon. Unless trade is kept open and relative prices are allowed to reflect market scarcity, severe consequences will emerge. In the immediate future, carefully targeted assistance to the poor will be essential—both in terms of food and inputs necessary to increase food production in the coming crop season. A reevaluation of investment priorities and feasibility of agricultural projects must be undertaken in light of these price developments, accompanied by stronger efforts to boost agricultural productivity growth in order to mitigate any longer-term rise in food prices.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
... Vinaya Swaroop Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , b... more ... Vinaya Swaroop Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , b , Shikha Jha a and Andrew Sunil Rajkumar b. ... If the recipient country can treat the entire aid amount as a pure supplement to its domestic resources, then aid is fully-fungible. ...
Journal of quantitative economics: journal of the Indian Econometric Society
Economic and political weekly
I Introduction GOVERNMENTS in many countries distribute subsidised consumer goods, especially foo... more I Introduction GOVERNMENTS in many countries distribute subsidised consumer goods, especially food. The justification is to pro-vide the economically weaker sections with a minimumn level of consumption, and some schemes have been at least partially suc-cessful in reaching ...
Economic and political weekly
Economic and political weekly
Asia-Pacific journal of rural development
Economic and political weekly
ABSTRACT