Syndicate content  Eastern Europe and Central Asia  What is so
special about onions in India?  Mohammad Amin's picture  You
might find it hard to believe, but high prices of onions can
trigger the fall of the government in India. In 1998, a supply
side shock led to a sharp increase in onion prices in the
country and most notably, in the state of Delhi. In the
following elections, the ruling party was routed in large part
due to its failure to control the price of onions in the capital
state. Today, onion prices in India are up again, rising by over
100% in just three weeks in December.  Facebook: A powerful tool
to increase public access to government officials  Mohammad
Amin's picture  Most of the attention on governance in
developing countries is on developing efficient rules and
regulations. That is, given the social and economic priorities
of a country, rules and regulations should work towards
achieving priorities in the least costly way. However, another
dimension of governance that must be discussed is