A policy agenda for pro-poor agricultural growth

被引:150
作者
Dorward, A [1 ]
Kydd, J [1 ]
Morrison, J [1 ]
Urey, I [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2AZ, England
关键词
rural poverty; agriculture; South Asia; Africa;
D O I
10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.012
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia are likely to hold large numbers of very poor rural people into the foreseeable future. Although both history and theory suggest a preeminent role for agricultural growth in poverty reduction in poor agrarian economies, such growth today faces new difficulties. Many of these difficulties are endogenous to today's poor rural areas, others result from broader processes of global change, but some are due to changes in the dominant policy environment, emphasizing liberalization and state withdrawal. Examination of 20th century Green Revolutions suggests that acitive state interventions were important in supporting critical stages of agricultural market development. Unfortunately such interventions' benefits in institutional development are easily overlooked, whereas their high costs are much more visible. Policy implications are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:73 / 89
页数:17
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