Events

NCAER hosted a conference jointly with Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. This two-day conference on Trade, Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy featured research papers prepared jointly by domestic and overseas scholars on areas of key policy interest. Economists, political scientists, and policy makers, reviewed the research and discussed its impact on India. ....   Read More

This Workshop is one of the milestones of the Research Project on Facilitating Efficient Agricultural Markets in India: An Assessment of Competition and Regulatory Reform Requirements sponsored by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). The eminent speakers included Prof Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University; Prof Allan Fels AO, Dean, Australia and New Zealand School of Government;...   Read More

An earlier ACIAR “Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture”, had assessed the gains from international and domestic market reforms and found that trade policy reform must be complemented by ‘behind-the-border’ reforms if government objectives of improved productivity, higher rural employment and incomes and enhanced food security are to be met. The...   Read More