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Agricultural development in the third world.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Baltimore ; London : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.Edition: Second edition / edited by Carl K. Eicher & John M. StaatzDescription: 550 páginas : gráficas, tablas ; 23 cmContent type:
  • Texto
Media type:
  • Sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • Volumen
ISBN:
  • 0801839998
  • 0801840007
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1091724  A47  21
Other classification:
  • N50
Contents:
Part I: Overview ; 1. Agricultural development ideas in historical perspective / John M. Staatz, Carl K. Eicher -- Part II: Historical and theoretical perspectives: Introduction ; 2. The agriculture transformation / C. Peter Timmer ; 3. Agriculture on the road to industrialization / John W. Mellor ; 4. Models of agricultural development / Vernon W. Ruttan ; 5. Induced innovation model of agricultural development / Vernon W. Ruttan, Yujiro Hayami -- Part III: Food and agricultural policy ; 6. Global food balances and food security / John W. Mellor ; 7. The new macroeconomics of food and agricultural policy / G. Edward Schuh ; 8. The political framework for agricultural policy decisions / Robert H. Bates ; 9. Price and technology policies / Raj Krishna ; 10. Food price policy and income distribution in low-income countries / John W. Mellor ; 11. Food, economics, and entitlements / Amartya Sen ; 12. Developing a food strategy / C. Peter Timmer ; 13. Exports and economic development of less developed countries / Hla Myint ; 14. Food aid / Hans W. Singer -- Part IV: Transforming agriculture and the rural economy ; 15. Agricultural development : transforming human capital, technology, and institutions / James T. Bonnen ; 16. Investing in people / Theodore W. Schultz ; 17. Women and agricultural development / Mayra Buvinic, Rekha Mehra ; 18. Choice of technique in rice milling on Java / C. Peter Timmer ; 19. Rural small-scale industry : empirical evidence and policy issues / Ennyinna Chuta, Carl Liedhom ; 20. Reflections on land reform and farm size / Hans P. Binswanger, Miranda Elgin ; 21. Rural financial markets in low-income countries / Dale W. Adams, Robert C. Vogel ; 22. The economics of agriculture research / Theodore W. Schultz ; 23. Farming systems research revisited / Robert Tripp, Ponniah Anandajayaseheram, Derek Byerlee, and Larry Harrington ; 24. Sustainability is not enough / Vernon W. Ruttan : 25. The impact of technical change on income distribution : the case of rice in Colombia / Grant M. Scobie, Rafael Posada T. ; 26. Assessment of the green revolution / Yujiro Hayami ; 27. Technological challenges in Asian agriculture in the 1990s / Derek Byerlee -- Part V: Case studies of economic policy reforms ; 28. Investment strategies to combat rural poverty in Latin America / Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet ; 29. Agricultural reform in the Soviet Union / Karen Brooks ; 29. China's agricultural development : recent experience and policy issues / Justin Y. Lin, Xianbin Yao, G. James Wen ; 31. Africa's food battles / Carl K. Eicher ; 32. Managing agricultural development in Africa / Uma J. Lele.
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Part I: Overview ; 1. Agricultural development ideas in historical perspective / John M. Staatz, Carl K. Eicher -- Part II: Historical and theoretical perspectives: Introduction ; 2. The agriculture transformation / C. Peter Timmer ; 3. Agriculture on the road to industrialization / John W. Mellor ; 4. Models of agricultural development / Vernon W. Ruttan ; 5. Induced innovation model of agricultural development / Vernon W. Ruttan, Yujiro Hayami -- Part III: Food and agricultural policy ; 6. Global food balances and food security / John W. Mellor ; 7. The new macroeconomics of food and agricultural policy / G. Edward Schuh ; 8. The political framework for agricultural policy decisions / Robert H. Bates ; 9. Price and technology policies / Raj Krishna ; 10. Food price policy and income distribution in low-income countries / John W. Mellor ; 11. Food, economics, and entitlements / Amartya Sen ; 12. Developing a food strategy / C. Peter Timmer ; 13. Exports and economic development of less developed countries / Hla Myint ; 14. Food aid / Hans W. Singer -- Part IV: Transforming agriculture and the rural economy ; 15. Agricultural development : transforming human capital, technology, and institutions / James T. Bonnen ; 16. Investing in people / Theodore W. Schultz ; 17. Women and agricultural development / Mayra Buvinic, Rekha Mehra ; 18. Choice of technique in rice milling on Java / C. Peter Timmer ; 19. Rural small-scale industry : empirical evidence and policy issues / Ennyinna Chuta, Carl Liedhom ; 20. Reflections on land reform and farm size / Hans P. Binswanger, Miranda Elgin ; 21. Rural financial markets in low-income countries / Dale W. Adams, Robert C. Vogel ; 22. The economics of agriculture research / Theodore W. Schultz ; 23. Farming systems research revisited / Robert Tripp, Ponniah Anandajayaseheram, Derek Byerlee, and Larry Harrington ; 24. Sustainability is not enough / Vernon W. Ruttan : 25. The impact of technical change on income distribution : the case of rice in Colombia / Grant M. Scobie, Rafael Posada T. ; 26. Assessment of the green revolution / Yujiro Hayami ; 27. Technological challenges in Asian agriculture in the 1990s / Derek Byerlee -- Part V: Case studies of economic policy reforms ; 28. Investment strategies to combat rural poverty in Latin America / Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet ; 29. Agricultural reform in the Soviet Union / Karen Brooks ; 29. China's agricultural development : recent experience and policy issues / Justin Y. Lin, Xianbin Yao, G. James Wen ; 31. Africa's food battles / Carl K. Eicher ; 32. Managing agricultural development in Africa / Uma J. Lele.

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