Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
Understanding economic growth is central to the study of development. Rural economic growth is an important aspect of economic growth. Historically, rural agriculture has employed most people in most countries, and continues to do so today. Neverth...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Canberra: Asia Pacific Press
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/9315163/rural-development-agricultural-growth-indonesia-philippines-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14745 |
| Summary: | Understanding economic growth is central
to the study of development. Rural economic growth is an
important aspect of economic growth. Historically, rural
agriculture has employed most people in most countries, and
continues to do so today. Nevertheless, the casual
relationship between economic growth and growth in
agriculture remain poorly understood. This volume focuses on
economic growth in the agriculture sectors of Indonesia, the
Philippines and Thailand. Starting from similar positions,
the agriculture sectors of these economies have diverged
considerably over the last 40 years. This volume
investigates the ways in which policy, institutions,
investments, resource constraints and the reallocation of
agricultural labor have driven this divergence. It volume
documents the interplay of endowments, technology, the
accumulation of productive factors, policy, and advocacy in
the rural sectors of these three countries. It contributes
in its own ways to an explanation of the past. Good policy
rests on an understanding of successes and failures in the
past. This book is a critical contribution to such an understanding. |
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