Since independence, India has come a long way from being a food-deficit to a food surplus country. With its varied agro-climatic conditions and large production base, the country has become a leading exporter of fresh and processed food products. The Indian government is keen to promote exports...

Does accession to the WTO stimulate faster growth? The issue is not only of interest to the business and policy communities, but also a test case of several active lines of economics research on openness and growth. We conduct an event study of accessions to the WTO (GATT) of 74 economies. The...

The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China's particular economic circumstances, or have been the...