Different Takes on India's Economy India's economic growth slipped to a nine-year low of 6.5 percent for 2011/12 and to 5.5 percent for the quarter ending 30 June 2012. GDP growth was 5.3 percent for the third quarter of 2012. The Indian government expects growth for 2012/13 to be 5.5-5.6 percent. Meanwhile, various financial and rating agencies have made predictions about India's economic growth; most believe that while growth may be slow, it is intact. India's growth rate was about 8-9 percent before the global financial crisis shook the world in 2008. The following is an overview of their outlooks.A Goldman Sachs report predicts slow near-term growth due to the weakness in the market, high inflation and high fiscal deficit. Though for...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.