Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation Promoting Growth with Poverty Reduction /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mellor, John W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
• Θέματα: Industrial organization.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; Industrial Organization.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Economic Transformation
• 3. Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Growth on the Economic Transformation
• 4. Poverty, Food Security, and Nutrition
• 5. Capital Formation and the Exchange Rate
• 6. The Farm, The Farmer, and Labor Supply
• 7. Land and Land Tenure
• 8. Government and the Institutions of Modernization
• 9. Physical Infrastructure
• 10. Education and Health
• 11. Prices and Price Policy
• 12. Research and Extension
• 13. Purchased Inputs
• 14. Finance for the Small Commercial Farmer
• 15. Cities, Consumption, and Marketing Dynamics
• 16. The Role of Foreign Aid
• 17. Conclusion.