Development Economics (eBook)

The Role of Agriculture in Development

P. N. (Raja) Junankar (Herausgeber)

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2016
XII, 233 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-55522-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Raja Junankar studied at the London School of Economics, and has a Ph.D. from the University of Essex, UK. He has held research and teaching appointments in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, India, and the United States of America. He has published several books and refereed papers in leading national and international journals. He is an Emeritus Professor, University of Western Sydney and Honorary Professor, UNSW Australia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction2. Land Tenure, Agricultural Productivity, and Taxation2.1 Land Tenure and Indian Agricultural Productivity2.2 Land Ceilings as a Tax on Agriculture2.3 Review of Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village 2.4 Agricultural Taxation in Less Developed Countries3 Poverty, Mobility and Inequality3.1 Poverty in India3.2 The Green Revolution and Inequality 3.3 Mobility and Inequality in Indian Agriculture4 Do Farmers in Developing Countries Maximise Profits?4.1 Tests of the Profit Maximisation Hypothesis4.2 Do Indian Farmers Maximize Profits?4.3 Neoclassical Economics and Indian Agriculture4.4 The Response of Peasant Farmers to Price Incentives5 Informal Labour Markets5.1 The Informal Labour Market in India6 Microfinance and Women's Empowerment6.1 Factors influencing women's empowerment on microcredit borrowers

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.5.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 233 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Economic Efficiency • Indian agriculture • Microfinance • Neoclassical Economics • Social Justice • Unorthodox
• ISBN-10: 1-137-55522-X / 113755522X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-55522-9 / 9781137555229