Strengthening Research and Capacity Development in the Department

• Start date अक्टूबर, 2013
• Completion date अप्रैल, 2014
• Sponsor Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance
• Project leader Rathin Roy
• Other faculty Kavita Rao, Manish Gupta, Sacchidananda Mukherjee
• Consultants/Other authors Anil Bisen, Brookings, India; Ramprasad Sengupta, NIPFP/IDF; Susan Thomas, IGIDR; Subir Gokarn, Brookings, India; Vandita Sahay, NIPFP; S.K. Mohanty, RIS, Manmohan Agarwal, NIPFP, Honey Karun, NIPFP
• Focus

  The project will study issues that evolve in multilateral fora such as G20, BRICS and other multilateral fora and develop a think tank to help the Government of India to understand the various dimensions of the issues and prepare a policy perspective on these issues

  The following project papers have been completed under G-20 Project:

  1.         Financing for Infrastructure Investment in G-20 Countries, Ramprasad Sengupta, Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Manish Gupta (NIPFP).

  2.         Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: An Indian Perspective, R. Kavita Rao, D.P. Sengupta, Suranjali Tandon and Deborshi Brahmachari (NIPFP).

  3.         International Coordination in Addressing Spillovers: Problems and Solution Strategies, Ila Patnaik (NIPFP).

  4.         Issues of Food Security under WTO: Implications for India, Manmohan Agarwal (NIPFP).

  5.         Global Value Chain Implications and Opportunities for India, Manmohan Agarwal (NIPFP).

  6.         India’s Policy Options to join the TPP in the Context of its Membership in the RCEP, S.K. Mohanty (RIS).

  7.         Deepening Economic Engagement in South Asia: exploring possibility for an expanding partnership, S.K. Mohanty (RIS).