Comparative economic development in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh agriculture in the 20th century

Comparative economic development in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh agriculture in the 20th century

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurosaki, Takashi (Author)
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Maruzen Publishing [2017].
Series:Economic research series / the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University no. 45
Subjects:
Agriculture > History. > South Asia.
Agriculture > India.
Agriculture > Pakistan.
Agriculture > Bangladesh.
South Asia > Economic conditions.
India > Economic conditions.
Pakistan > Economic conditions.
Bangladesh > Economic conditions.
Table of 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.