Author: Bruce F. JOHNSTONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Agriculture and structural transformation
Author: Bruce F. JOHNSTONAgriculture and Structural Transformation
Author: Bruce F. JohnstonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Monograph on problems of rural development and the modernization of agrarian structures in late-developing countries, with particular reference to the design of agricultural development strategy - discusses the interrelations between agricultural mechanization, productivity and industrialization, and covers choice of technology considerations, economic implications, etc. References and statistical tables.
A World Without Agriculture
Author: C. Peter TimmerPublisher: A E I Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This monograph, A World without Agriculture, was the 2007 Henry Wendt Lecture, delivered at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 2007. The Wendt Lecture is delivered annually by a scholar who has made major contributions to our understanding of the modern phenomenon of globalization and its consequences for social welfare, government policy, and the expansion of liberal political institutions.
Growth and Structural Transformation
Author: Kwang Suk KimPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684172195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This study provides a comprehensive overview of Korea’s macroeconomic growth and structural change since World War II, and traces some of the roots of development to the colonial period. The authors explore in detail colonial development, changing national income patterns, relative price shifts, sources of aggregate growth, and sources of sectoral structural change, comparing them with other countries.
Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Wage Gap
Author: Jorge AlvarezPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484335449
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
A key feature of developing economies is that wages in agriculture are significantly below those of other sectors. Using Brazilian household surveys and administrative panel data, I use information on workers who switch sectors to decompose the drivers of this gap. I find that most of the gap is explained by differences in worker composition. The evidence speaks against the existence of large short-term gains from reallocating workers out of agriculture and favors recently proposed Roy models of inter-sector sorting. A calibrated sorting model of structural transformation can account for the wage gap level observed and its decline as the economy transitioned out of agriculture.
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292542397
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013 (Key Indicators), the 44th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. This publication aims to present the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development practitioners, government officials, researchers, students, and the general public. Part I of this issue of the Key Indicators is a special chapter---Asia's Economic Transformation: Where to, How, and How Fast?. Parts II and III comprise of brief, non-technical analyses and statistical tables on the Millennium Development Goals and seven other themes. This year, the 2013 edition of the Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators, a special supplement to Key Indicators is also included. The statistical tables in this issue of the Key Indicators may also be downloaded in MS Excel format from this website or in user-specified format at SDBS Online. The statistical tables are complemented by a visualization tool that is intended to provide users with an alternative way to look at some of the development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific.
Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation
Author: John W. MellorPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319652591
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and food security. The book provides detailed analysis of each element of agricultural modernization, emphasizing the central role of government in accelerated growth in private sector dominated agriculture. The book differs from the bulk of current conventional wisdom in its placement of the non-poor small commercial farmer at the center of growth, and explains how growth translates into poverty reduction. This new book is a follow up to Mellor’s classic, prize-winning text, The Economics of Agricultural Development. Listed as a Best Books of 2017: Economics by Financial Times.
Structural change, fundamentals, and growth: a framework and case studies
Author: McMillan, Margaret Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896292142
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam
Author: Finn TarpPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019879696X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Provides in-depth evaluation of the development of rural life in Viet Nam over the past decade, combining a unique primary source of time-series panel data with the best micro-econometric analytical tools available.
The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation
Author: Célestin MongaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198793847
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation addresses the economics of structural transformation around the world. It deals with major themes, which include history and context, critical issues and concepts, methodological foundations, main theoretical approaches, policy issues, some illuminating country experiences of structural transformation, and important debates on the respective roles of the market and the state in that process. The historical record provides a challenge for economists to understand the success of the rising economic powers (some of them initially considered unlikely candidates for prosperity) and the stagnation or decline of others. Five major questions emerge: DT Why has so much divergence occurred among nations of the world since the Industrial Revolution, and particularly during the 20th century? DT Why has the pattern changed recently with the emergence of a few developing economies (e.g. the multi-polar world), and can it be sustained? DT What are the key drivers, strategies, and policies, to foster structural transformation in various different country contexts and in a constantly evolving global economy? DT How could low- and middle-income countries avoid development traps and learn from past experiences whilst exploiting the new opportunities offered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution? DT What is the role of various development stakeholders and other important players in facilitating sustained economic convergence among nations? This book addresses these questions, bringing the rigor, usefulness, and multi-disciplinary scope of the Oxford Handbook series to a critical topic in economics. The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation is an essential reference work and a stimulus to new research and creativity across all branches of the social sciences.