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Indian Statistical Institute
Sandip Mitra is a researcher at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.
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Political Clientelism and Government Accountability in West Bengal
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Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
Credit and information constraints are particularly acute for farmers in developing countries, and can have a strong impact on their productivity. This project studies pass-through of fluctuations of retail prices to farm-gate prices in the context potato cultivation in West Bengal, India. The primary focus is on credit and information constraints faced by potato farmers and how these influence contractual relationships with trading middlemen in a random sample of 72 villages in Hugli and West Medinipur, two prominent potato growing districts of the state.
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Land Acquisition for Business and Compensation of Displaced Farmers
Over the last few years, large-scale land acquisitions of farmland for business in Africa, Latin America, and Asia have often made headlines because of controversies concerning compensation paid to displaced farmers. This has led to political strife, often leading to the abandonment of profitable projects, thereby dealing a blow to the development process. The issue of transfer of land from agriculture to industry has not received much attention in development economics.
