Transforming Agrarian Economies : : Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Missed /

Transforming Agrarian Economies : : Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Missed / / Peter Kilby, Thomas P. Tomich, Bruce F. Johnston.

The world's 58 poorest countries are diverse in many respects, but they share the characteristic of a labor force overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture. Challenging the assumption that mass poverty and chronic hunger are insoluble problems, this book systematically explores the multiple aspec...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Tomich, Thomas P.,
Johnston, Bruce F.,
Kilby, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1995
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (496 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF BOXES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part 1: The Rural Economy in the Development Process
  • CHAPTER ONE. POVERTY AND THE RURAL ECONOMY
  • CHAPTER TWO. STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
  • CHAPTER THREE. JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
  • PART TWO: FROM STRUCTURE TO STRATEGY
  • CHAPTER FOUR. SMALL FARMS IN A BROAD-BASED AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY
  • CHAPTER FIVE. AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AND AGRARIAN STRUCTURE
  • CHAPTER SIX. LINKS BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. FERTILIZER PRODUCTION: STRATEGIC PITFALL?
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. FISCAL BALANCE AND SOCIAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES
  • PART THREE: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES
  • CHAPTER NINE. CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION
  • CHAPTER TEN. TAIWAN AND MEXICO
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. KENYA AND TANZANIA
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. GETTING PRIORITIES RIGHT
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS

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