Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

Akiyama, Takamasa ; Larson, Donald F.

Canberra:Asia Pacific Press

关键词: rural development;    agriculture;    growth;    agricultural development;    distortions;   

RP-ID  :  43119

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Understanding economic growth is centralto the study of development. Rural economic growth is animportant aspect of economic growth. Historically, ruralagriculture has employed most people in most countries, andcontinues to do so today. Nevertheless, the casualrelationship between economic growth and growth inagriculture remain poorly understood. This volume focuses oneconomic growth in the agriculture sectors of Indonesia, thePhilippines and Thailand. Starting from similar positions,the agriculture sectors of these economies have divergedconsiderably over the last 40 years. This volumeinvestigates the ways in which policy, institutions,investments, resource constraints and the reallocation ofagricultural labor have driven this divergence. It volumedocuments the interplay of endowments, technology, theaccumulation of productive factors, policy, and advocacy inthe rural sectors of these three countries. It contributesin its own ways to an explanation of the past. Good policyrests on an understanding of successes and failures in thepast. This book is a critical contribution to such an understanding.