BY AVINASH KISHORE In her recent 2020 budget speech, India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. While the agenda makes sense, following the money presents a disconcertin... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
India’s 16-point agriculture plan may falter if it doesn’t focus on incentives
BY Sunil Saroj, Devesh Roy and Mamta Pradhan One of the great examples that economists give on the power of incentives in Econ 101 is this: Towards the end of the 18th century, England began sending convicts to Australia. The government-funded transpor... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office