INDIA
Issue Posts
May 18, 2020
BY KALYANI RAGHUNATHAN India’s policy response to containing COVID-19 pandemic – the lockdown approach – enforced nationwide restrictions on movement
News
May 15, 2020
Policy Seminar This seminar brings together perspectives from researchers, civil society, and development assistance in a discussion of the elements
Issue Posts
May 14, 2020
BY SHYAMAL CHOWDHURY, SHAHIDUR RASHID AND NAHIAN BIN KHALED Bangladesh is considered a success story in South Asia with nearly
Blogs
May 13, 2020
The government of Sri Lanka implemented stringent curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19, which disrupted many economic activities. Jeevika Weerahewa, Dilini Hemachandra and Devesh Roy look at the agri-food policy responses including trade regulations, marketing interventions, production and income support programs [Read More...]
Guest Posts
May 11, 2020
BY PROFESSOR RAMESH CHAND With COVID-19, the world is in an unchartered territory of policymaking where global, regional and domestic
News
May 8, 2020
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), South Asia COVID-19 blog series will be launched on Monday May 11, 2020 at
News
May 8, 2020
Economic and Political Weekly Podcast Why India’s One-size-fits-all Food Security Programme Fails to Address the Needs of Beneficiaries. In this
News
April 6, 2020
While rural India is poorer than its urban counterpart, in the COVID-19 crisis, it is the urban poor who are
News
March 12, 2020
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing it for over a decade, India decided against joining RCEP at the eleventh hour. The official version is that India runs a large trade deficit with RCEP countries, and was expecting specific protection for its industry and farmers from a surge in imports, especially from China.