Asian Food Market Transformation: (2009)
Ashok Gulati, Thomas Reardon, Ashok Gulati Ifpri, Thomas Reardon
Policy Challenges to promote “Competitiveness with Inclusiveness”
Agricultural Diversification in South Asia: Beyond Food Security (2009)
P. K. Joshi, Ashok Gulati, Ralph Cummings
South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Home to approximately 1.3 billion of the world's population, the region's GDP growth rate of 5.6 per cent in 1990-2000...
Caesar Cororaton, Ashok Gulati, Mc Calla, Simon Mevel, David Orden, Alberto Valdes
IFPRI on September 16 th, 2005 for their helpful comments and suggestions. Special thanks to Alex Mc Calla for very helpful and interesting discussions. The usual disclaimer applies.
P. K. Joshi, Ashok Gulati, Pratap S. Birthal, Laxmi Tewari
MSSD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Ruth Meinzen-dick, K. V. Raju, Ashok Gulati
EPTD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Sudha Narayanan, Sudha Narayanan, Ashok Gulati, Ashok Gulati
MSSD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Vijay Paul Sharma, Ashok Gulati
MTID Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Munisamy Gopinath, Kathleen Mullen, Ashok Gulati, Munisamy Gopinath, Kathleen Mullen, Ashok Gulati
MTID Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Navin Yavapolkul, Munisamy Gopinath, Ashok Gulati, Yavapolkul Munisamy, Ashok Gulati
MTID Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Producer Support Estimates (PSEs) For Agriculture in Developing Countries (2004)
Kathleen Mullen, Dongsheng Sun, David Orden, Ashok Gulati, Kathleen Mullen, Dongsheng Sun, ...
MTID Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Policy Reform and Farm Sector Adjustment in India (2003)
Rip Landes, Ashok Gulati, Rip Landes Usda/ers, Ashok Gulati Ifpri
Summary: Policy reforms outside agriculture in the early 1990s accelerated growth in per capita incomes and food demand and also improved the terms of trade for the agriculture. Agricultural policies...
K. V. Raju, Ashok Gulati, Ruth Meinzen-dick
MSSD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Athukorala, Prema-chandra, Gulati, Ashok, Jayasuriya, Sisira, Mehta, Rajesh, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong
The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research...
Athukorala, Prema-chandra, Gulati, Ashok, Jayasuriya, Sisira, Mehta, Rajesh, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong
The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research...
Athukorala, Prema-chandra, Gulati, Ashok, Jayasuriya, Sisira, Mehta, Rajesh, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong, Economics: ACIAR Project, RSPAS, ...
The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research...
Athukorala, Prema-chandra, Gulati, Ashok, Jayasuriya, Sisira, Mehta, Rajesh, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong
The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research...
Rice trade liberalization and poverty (2002)
Ashok Gulati, Ashok Gulati, Sudha Narayanan, Sudha Narayanan
MSSD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that...
Comparative Advantage in Bangladesh Crop Production (2002)
Quazi Shahabuddin, Paul Dorosh, Ashok Gulati, K. M. Rahman, M. K. Mujeri
This study uses data from 1996/97 through 1998/99 to examine the relative efficiency of production of crops in Bangladesh and their comparative advantage in international trade as measured by net...
Athukorala, Prema-chandra, Gulati, Ashok, Jayasuriya, Sisira, Mehta, Rajesh, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong
The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research...
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Raju, K. Vengamma, Gulati, Ashok
"Policies of devolving management of resources from the state to user groups are premised upon the assumption that users will organize and take on the necessary management tasks. While experience has...
Grain marketing parastatals in Asia
Rashid, Shahidur, Cummings, Ralph Jr., Gulati, Ashok
Using case studies from six Asian countries, this paper (a) assesses the relevance of underlying rationales for public intervention in foodgrain markets, (b) documents the existing policies and...
Vertical coordination in high-value commodities
Birthal, Pratap S., Joshi, P. K., Gulati, Ashok
"Rising per capita income, urbanization and globalization are changing the consumption basket in the developing countries towards high-value commodities (like fruits & vegetables, milk, meat,...
Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Dalafi, Sara
"China's and India's rapid rise in the global arena has not only captured the attention of the world but has also set into motion a rethinking of the very paradigm of economic development....Today,...
Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Dalafi, Sara
"China's and India's rapid rise in the global arena has not only captured the attention of the world but has also set into motion a rethinking of the very paradigm of economic development....Today,...
Domestic support to agriculture in the European Union and the United States
Gopinath, Munisamy, Mullen, Kathleen, Gulati, Ashok
In this study, we outline the farm policy changes in the European Union, EU, and the United States, US, since 1996 and compare their levels of support under various policies. The producer support...
Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Hazell, P.B.R., Rosegrant, Mark W., Ruel, Marie T.
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would cut hunger, malnutrition, and unemployment at a much faster pace than has been the...
Rice trade liberalization and poverty
Gulati, Ashok, Narayanan, Sudha
Rice is the lifeline of almost 70% of the world's poor residing in Asia, where more than 90% of world rice production and consumption takes place. Rice trade liberalization therefore has tremendous...
Developing countries and the WTO negotiations
Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok
A dynamic agricultural sector is crucial for economic growth, poverty alleviation, and food security in developing countries. Although primary agricultural activities are declining over time as a...
Liberalizing Indian agriculture : an agenda for reform
In July 1991, India embarked on a program of economic decontrol that greatly speeded the previously slow process of liberalizing trade and domestic regulatory controls begun in 1978. But the focus of...
India - Effective incentives in India's agriculture : cotton, groundnuts, wheat and rice
Gulati, Ashok, Hanson, James, Pursell, Garry
This study explicity considers the possibilities of international trade in evaluating the impact of incentives in agriculture. Specifically, the study estimates three standard coefficients (ratios):...
Globalization and the smallholders
Narayanan, Sudha, Gulati, Ashok
A major question that has surfaced in the changing context of world agriculture is whether the smallholders would ride the wave of globalization or be swept away. This paper addresses the debate with...
Agricultural policies in India
Mullen, Kathleen, Orden, David, Gulati, Ashok
"Since the early 1990s, India has undergone substantial economic policy reform and economic growth. Though reforms in agricultural policy have lagged those in other sectors, they have nonetheless...
High value products, supermarkets and vertical arrangements in Indonesia
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Gulati, Ashok, Gumbira-Sa'id, E.
" Indonesian economy has experienced some major changes during the last three decades and transformed from a predominantly agricultural economy to one that relies more heavily on its non-agricultural...
Globalization and the smallholders
Narayanan, Sudha, Gulati, Ashok
A major question that has surfaced in the changing context of world agriculture is whether the smallholders would ride the wave of globalization or be swept away. This paper addresses the debate with...
Shyamal K. Chowdhury, Ashok Gulati, E. Gumbira-Sa'id
This paper reviews the causes of the emergence of modern retailing and the vertical relationships in the Indonesian food value chain, and the consequences of these changes on market organization and...
Investment, subsidies, and pro-poor growth in rural India:
Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Thorat, Sukhadeo
"This paper reviews the trends in government subsidies and investments in and for Indian agriculture; develops a conceptual framework and model to assess the impact of various subsidies and...
Reardon, Thomas, Gulati, Ashok
"The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) was invited by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry to conduct a study titled “The Impact of Organized...
Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Hazell, P.B.R., Rosegrant, Mark W., Ruel, Marie T.
In this brief, the authors suggest five areas for action to put rural India on a higher growth trajectory that would cut hunger, malnutrition, and unemployment at a much faster pace than has been the...
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, Raju, K. V., Gulati, Ashok
"Policies of devolving management of resources from the state to user groups are premised upon the assumption that users will organize and take on the necessary management tasks. While experience has...
Investment, subsiddies, and pro-poor growth in rural India:
Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Thorat, Sukhadeo
"This paper reviews the trends in government subsidies and investments in and for Indian agriculture; develops a conceptual framework and model to assess the impact of various subsidies and...
Book Review: Oilseeds Economy of India-A Case Study of Groundnut
Book Review of Kapila Uma, Oilseeds Economy of India-A Case Study of Groundnut, Agricole Publishing Academy, 1982, xxiii+264 pages, Rs. 125
Trade liberalization, market reforms and competitiveness of Indian dairy sector
Sharma, Vijay Paul, Gulati, Ashok
From chronic shortages of milk, India has emerged today as the largest producer of milk in the world crossing 80 million tonnes. This has been achieved largely through a smallholder economy in which...
Economic liberalisation targeted programmes and household food security
Dev, S. Mahendra, Ravi, C., Viswanathan, Brinda, Gulati, Ashok, Ramachander, Sangamitra
"Although there is little consensus on the impact of trade liberalization on poverty and food security, it is nevertheless widely acknowledged that there is a need for governments to establish...
Producer Support Estimates (PSEs) for agriculture in developing countries
Mullen, Kathleen, Sun, Dongsheng, Orden, David, Gulati, Ashok
In many developing countries, governments rely on price-based measures (including border protection and subsidies on inputs and outputs) more than on budgetary payments to achieve agricultural policy...
Post-Uruguay Round price linkages between developed and developing countries
Yavapolkul, Navin, Gopinath, Munisamy, Gulati, Ashok
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture attempted to lower distortions in the global agricultural markets. However, the significant fall in commodity prices in late 1990s may have reduced the...
Trade policies and food security
Watkins, Kevin, Von Braun, Joachim, Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok
"Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed...
Rice trade liberalization and poverty
Gulati, Ashok, Narayanan, Sudha
Rice is the lifeline of almost 70% of the world's poor residing in Asia, where more than 90% of world rice production and consumption takes place. Rice trade liberalization therefore has tremendous...
Agriculture diversification in South Asia
Joshi, P.K., Gulati, Ashok, Birthal, Pratap S., Tewari, Laxmi
The South Asian countries are gradually diversifying with some inter-country variation in favor of high value commodities, namely fruits, vegetables, livestock and fisheries. Agricultural...
Innovations in irrigation financing
Raju , K. V., Gulati, Ashok, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela
"Financing for water projects, especially for irrigation, has been moving towards collapse in recent years due to declining donor and government funding. Some Indian states have undertaken innovative...
Accelerating progress toward reducing child malnutrition in India: A concept for action
Von Braun, Joachim, Ruel, Marie, Gulati, Ashok
"1. The facts: Child malnutrition in India India is home to 40 percent of the world's malnourished children and 35 percent of the developing world's low-birth-weight infants; every year 2.5 million...
Institutional reforms in Indian irrigation:
Gulati, Ashok, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, Raju, K. Vengama
"Irrigation is critical to food security and economic growth in contemporary India. The performance of irrigation systems is of serious concern to farmers who rely on them for their crops and...
Investment, subsidies, and pro-poor growth in rural India
Shenggen Fan, Ashok Gulati, Sukhadeo Thorat
This article reviews the trends in government subsidies and investments in and for Indian agriculture; develops a conceptual framework and a model to assess the impact of various subsidies and...
High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions
Von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John, ...
"The complex causes of the current food and agriculture crisis require a comprehensive response. In view of the urgency of assisting people and countries in need, the first set of policy actions—...
Reardon, Thomas, Gulati, Ashok
"A “supermarket revolution” has been underway in developing countries since the early 1990s. Supermarkets (here referring to all modern retail, which includes chain stores of various formats such...
Hausse des prix alimentaires et actions stratégiques proposées: Que faire, par qui et comment
Von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John, ...
"La complexité des causes de la crise actuelle en matière d'alimentation et d'agriculture exige une réponse exhaustive. Compte tenu de l'urgence de l'aide à apporter aux personnes et aux pays...
Hohe Nahrungsmittelpreise: Konzept f ür die Wege aus der Krise
Von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John, ...
"Die vielschichtigen Ursachen der gegenwärtigen Krise im Bereich der Nahrungsmittelproduktion und Landwirtschaft erfordern eine umfassende globale Antwort. Angesichts der dringend benötigen Hilfe...
High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions [In Chinese]
Von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John, ...
"The complex causes of the current food and agriculture crisis require a comprehensive response. In view of the urgency of assisting people and countries in need, the first set of policy actions—...
Von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John, ...
"La complejidad de las causas de la actual crisis alimentaria y agrícola requiere de una respuesta integral. En vista de que es urgente prestar asistencia a las poblaciones y los países...
WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries:
"For more than six years the trade talks of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been stalled, mainly on account of differences in countries' levels of ambition for reducing support to and...
From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur, Gulati, Ashok, Cummings, Ralph Jr.
"Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s. In the process, they created parastatal agencies, which...
The dragon and the elephant: Learning from agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
"During the past two-and-a-half decades, China and India have implemented a series of economic reforms that have led to recent growth rates of 9-11 percent per year in China and 8-9 percent per year...
Trade policies and food security: essays from IFPRI's 2003-2003 Annual Report
Watkins, Kevin, Von Braun, Joachim, Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok
Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed...
Developing countries and the WTO negotiations: essay from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report
Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok
A dynamic agricultural sector is crucial for economic growth, poverty alleviation, and food security in developing countries. Although primary agricultural activities are declining over time as a...
Póliticas comerciales y seguridad alimentaria: Reproducción de la Memoria Anual 2002-2003 del IFPRI
Watkins, Kevin, Von Braun, Joachim, Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok
Globalization could and should benefit developing countries. But unlike a rising tide that lifts all boats, large and small, globalization is unequal. It has fallen far short of its much-ballyhooed...
Agricultural and economic development strategies and the transformation of China and India:
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen
"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous potential for investments and policies in support of pro-poor agricultural and...
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian
"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian
"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian
"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...
Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian
"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...
Mullen, Kathleen, Sun, Dongsheng, Thomas, Marcelle, Orden, David, Gulati, Ashok
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/16/04.
Policy Reform and Farm Sector Adjustment in India
Policy reforms outside agriculture in the early 1990s accelerated growth in per capita incomes and food demand and also improved the terms of trade for the agriculture. Agricultural policies and...
Reforming foodgrains management: Achieving food security with cost-effectiveness
A. Ganesh-Kumar, Ashok Gulati, Ralph Cummings, Jr
This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness,...
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in India
Pursell, Garry, Gulati, Ashok, Gupta, Kanupriya
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in India and Other South Asia
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,