Research Catalog

Title

Comparative economic development in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh : agriculture in the 20th century / by Takashi Kurosaki.

Author

Kurosaki, Takashi.

Publication

Tokyo : Maruzen Publishing, ©2017.

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Details

Description

xiv, 235 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Series Statement

Economic research series / the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University ; no. 45

Uniform Title

Economic research series (Hitotsubashi Daigaku. Keizai Kenkyūjo) ; no. 45.

Subject

• Agriculture > South Asia > History
• Agriculture > India
• Agriculture > Pakistan
• Agriculture > Bangladesh
• Agriculture
• Economic history
• Landwirtschaft
• Landwirtschaftsentwicklung
• Agrarproduktion
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung
• economic development
• agricultural development
• South Asia > Economic conditions
• India > Economic conditions
• Pakistan > Economic conditions
• Bangladesh > Economic conditions
• Bangladesh
• India
• Pakistan
• South Asia
• Indien
• Bangladesch
• Bangladesh
• India
• Pakistan

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.

Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Role of agriculture in economic growth and poverty reduction -- 1.2. Microeconomics of crop choice under incomplete markets -- 1.3. South Asian context -- 1.4. Structure of the book -- Part I. Country-level analysis for India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- Chapter 2. Long-term agricultural growth and crop shifts -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Data -- Analytical framework -- 2.4. Growth performance of agriculture -- 2.5. Changes in crop mix and their contribution to land productivity -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Agriculture -- Macroeconomy linkage -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Data -- 3.3. Measures to analyze the agriculture -- macroeconmy linkage -- 3.4. Empirical results -- 3.5. Discussion on the results regarding the colonial period -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Appendix to Part I. Compilation of long-term data for areas currently in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, c. 1900-2000 -- A.1. Introduction -- A.2. Data sources and coverage -- A.3. Data compilation for individual crops -- A.4. Estimation of aggregate output -- A.5. Estimation of cultivated land and agricultural labor force -- A.6. Long-term series of GDP and non-agricultural value-added -- A.7. Concluding remarks
• Part II. District-level analysis -- Chapter 4. Land productivity and spatial crop shifts in West Punjab -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Data -- 4.3. Agricultural transformation and crop shifts in West Punjab -- 4.4. Crop shifts as a source of growth in West Punjab -- 4.5. Dynamics of crop diversification at the district level -- 4.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Spatial changes in agricultural production in contemporary India -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Data -- 5.3. Spatial heterogeneity in agricultural intensification -- 5.4. Spatial concentration indices across Indian districts -- 5.5. Correlates of district-level changes in land and fertilizer use -- 5.6. Conclusion
• Part III. Multi-level analysis with farm-level information -- Chapter 6. Cropping patterns at different aggregation levels in West Punjab -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Data -- 6.3. Analytical framework -- 6.4. Crop specialization at provincial district, and farm levels -- 6.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Crops, livestock, and disasters in the North-West Frontier Province -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The study area -- 7.3. Provincial- and district-level analysis of crop production and livestock -- 7.4. Household-level asset dynamics in 1996-1999 -- 7.5. Reinterpreting the historical patterns -- 7.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- 8.1. Summary of findings (1): productivity and crop shifts in agricultural development -- 8.2. Summary of findings (2): empirics of agricultural development in South Asia -- 8.2. Areas for future work -- 8.4 Policy implications -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 9784621301364
• 4621301365

OCLC

• ocn974845602
• 974845602
• SCSB-8872739

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library