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Development economics : the role of agriculture in development / P.N. (Raja) Junankar, Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University, and Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn, Germany.

Title: Development economics : the role of agriculture in development / P.N. (Raja) Junankar, Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University, and Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn, Germany.
Author: Junankar, P. N.
Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

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xii, 233 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Informal labour markets are prevalent in developing countries and these provide poor conditions of work and living for a large majority of the population. The papers in this book study economic development from the perspective of social justice and economic efficiency; exploring the role of land tenure and productivity in Indian agriculture. Junankar discusses the efficiency of small farms versus large farms, and the role of share-cropping tenancy. He provides a critique of neoclassical economics that assumes farmers maximize profits in competitive markets and argues that social and institutional conditions limit the conditions under which farmers operate in developing countries. Development Economics raises issues of poverty, inequality and mobility of agriculturists. Junankar proposes different taxation principles on agricultural producers that would lead to a more efficient and equitable system; and this collection of essays also highlights the role of microfinance in helping the empowerment of women in poor countries.

Alternative Title

Role of agriculture in development

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Land Tenure, Agricultural Productivity and Taxation -- 2.1. Land Tenure and Indian Agricultural Productivity -- 2.2. Land Ceilings as a Tax on Agriculture: A Note -- 2.3. Review of Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village -- 2.4. Agricultural Taxation in Less Developed Countries: Effects of a Tax on Inefficiency -- 3. Poverty, Mobility and Inequality -- 3.1. Poverty in India: A Comment -- 3.2. Green Revolution and Inequality -- 3.3. Mobility and Inequality in Indian Agriculture -- 4. Do Farmers in Developing Countries Maximise Profits? -- 4.1. Tests of the Profit-Maximisation Hypothesis: A Study of Indian Agriculture -- 4.2. Do Indian Farmers Maximise Profits? -- 4.3. Neo-Classical Economics and Indian Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis of Production Behaviour -- 4.4. The Response of Peasant Farmers to Price Incentives: The Use and Misuse of Profit Functions -- 5. Informal Labour Markets -- 5.1. The Informal Labour Market in India: Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants? -- 6. Microfinance and Women's Empowerment -- 6.1. Factors Influencing Women's Empowerment on Microcredit Borrowers: A Case Study in Bangladesh.

ISBN

9781137555212
1137555211

LCCN

2015303396

OCLC

951443485
SCSB-12838565

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library