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Transforming Agrarian Economies : Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Missed
Comparative Advantage: The Evidence, 1970-90 -- The Political Economy of Fertilizer Investment -- Why CARLs Should Import Fertilizer -- 8. Fiscal Balance and Social Program Priorities -- Economic Stability as a Public Good -- Priorities for Social Programs -- Which "Growth-Oriented" Strate...
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Cornell University Press
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| 520 | |a Comparative Advantage: The Evidence, 1970-90 -- The Political Economy of Fertilizer Investment -- Why CARLs Should Import Fertilizer -- 8. Fiscal Balance and Social Program Priorities -- Economic Stability as a Public Good -- Priorities for Social Programs -- Which "Growth-Oriented" Strategy? -- Part 3: Choices and Consequences -- 9. China and the Soviet Union -- Collectivization of Soviet Agriculture -- China's Evolving Strategy -- Lessons from China and the USSR -- 10. Taiwan and Mexico -- Structural Transformation and Population Growth -- Taiwan: The Japanese Pattern Repeated -- Mexico: Missed Opportunities -- Political Economy: Similarities and Contrasts -- Lessons from Taiwan and Mexico -- 11. Kenya and Tanzania -- Tanzania: High Hopes, Dismal Outcomes -- Kenya: Success and Failure -- The Political Economy of Kenya and Tanzania -- Will Tanzania Overtake Kenya? -- 12. Getting Priorities Right -- Forces Shaping Strategy -- Strategic Notions and Opportunity Seeking -- Strategy and Structural Transformation -- The Right Priorities -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z | ||
| 520 | |a Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Rural Economy in the Development Process -- 1. Poverty and the Rural Economy -- Low Productivity and Rural Poverty -- Hazards, Diversity, and Household Strategies -- Rural Political Economy -- 2. Structural Transformation -- The Process of Structural Transformation -- Institutional Aspects of Structural Transformation -- Technical Change and Productivity Growth -- Elements of Social Change -- How Structural Transformation Shapes Agricultural Development -- Policy Implications of Structural Transformation -- 3. Japan, the United States, and Structural Transformation -- Japan and the United States as CARLs -- Agricultural Change in the United States -- Agricultural Change in Japan -- Agricultural Productivity Growth -- The Political Economy of Agricultural Development -- Implications for Today's CARLs -- Part 2: From Structure to Strategy -- 4. Small Farms in a Broad-Based Agricultural Strategy -- The Balance of Land and Labor in CARLs -- Strategic Notions about Small Farms -- The Economics of Farm Size -- Technological Change in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Efficiency, Equity, and Technological Change -- Choosing the Path of Productivity Growth -- 5. Agricultural Strategies and Agrarian Structure -- Inequitable Land Distribution -- Advantages of Unimodal Agrarian Structure -- The "Six I's" of Agricultural Strategy -- Limitations of Agricultural Development Strategy -- Hard to Achieve, Easy to Lose -- 6. Links between Agriculture and Industry -- An Overview -- Adapting Technology to Factor Endowments -- The Rural Nonfarm Economy: The Key Link -- Farm Equipment: A Strategic Linkage -- Nourishing Linkages -- 7. Fertilizer Production: Strategic Pitfall? -- An Overview -- Technology -- Comparative Advantage: The Evidence, 1950-70 | ||
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