Agriculture and the State: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Developing Countries

The process of economic development depends on the modernization of agriculture. Agriculture and the State responds to this historical lesson by examining government interventions into the agricultural economy of developing countries. In this attempt to understand the appropriate role of policy, the...

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Other Authors: Timmer, C. Peter (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2019]
Series:Food Systems and Agrarian Change
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Links:https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737954
Summary:The process of economic development depends on the modernization of agriculture. Agriculture and the State responds to this historical lesson by examining government interventions into the agricultural economy of developing countries. In this attempt to understand the appropriate role of policy, the authors seek to explain government successes and failures in facilitating the contribution of agriculture to the overall development process. The book is the joint effort of eleven scholars and policy analysts of agricultural development from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages) 20 graphs and charts
ISBN:9781501737954
DOI:10.7591/9781501737954