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India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support … production by 20 MMT over the subsequent five years. The results: India contained food inflation below 7 per cent in 2007 … robust production and stock levels, rice exports surged when India freed up its exports in September 2011, making it a world …
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India did not experience any food price spikes during 2007-08 when global food prices erupted. It was partly due to … India's ban on exports of wheat and common rice. But the fiscal stimulus that the government provided in 2009 in the wake of … G8 countries' call to avert economic recession, coupled with one of the worst droughts India experienced in that year …
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outcomes in middle school grades in urban India, using a lottery that provided students with a voucher to cover program costs …
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We use a panel survey of ∼19,000 primary-school-aged children in rural Tamil Nadu to study "learning loss" after COVID-19-induced school closures, and the pace of recovery after schools reopened. Students tested in December 2021 (18 months after school closures) displayed learning deficits of...
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