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Working Papers

2006

1. Agricultural Change and Population Growth: District-Level Evidence From India
   2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists
2. Agricultural technology and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
   2020 vision briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide
   EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (15)

2005

4. The family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty
   2020 vision discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (29)

2003

5. LAND AND ASSET SIZE, STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION AND THE LINKS TO INCOME IN THREE DRYLANDS
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development

2000

6. Rural-Urban Dimensions of Inequality Change
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (9)
   Also in WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

1998

7. Dynamics of Military Procurement: Changes in Military Consumption Patterns
   Human Development Occasional Papers (1992-2007), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

1997

8. The impact of changes in human fertility on poverty
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (11)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School (1997) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The impact of changes in human fertility on poverty, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (1999) View citations (32) (1999)

1994

9. How Third World rural households adapt to dietary energy stress
   Food policy reviews, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (16)
10. The impact of technical change in agriculture on human fertility: district-level evidence from India
    EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

1993

11. Poverty and policy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (183)
    See also Chapter Poverty and policy, Handbook of Development Economics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (280) (1995)

1988

12. THE POOR AND THE POOREST
    World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank View citations (9)

1971

13. INDIA'S AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE: ACHIEVEMENTS, DISTORTIONS AND ID OGIES
    Conference Papers, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

Undated

14. Learning From Others: Increasing Agricultural Productivity for Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
    UNDP Africa Policy Notes, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2020

1. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics
   Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56, (1), 221-222

2016

2. The Great Escape. Angus Deaton
   Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52, (1), 1-4
3. Toward a food secure future: Ensuring food security for sustainable human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Food Policy, 2016, 60, (C), 1-9 View citations (7)

2013

4. Africa's National-accounts Mess-super-1
   Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49, (12), 1765-1771 View citations (1)

2012

5. THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
   Economic Affairs, 2012, 32, (1), 26-30 View citations (3)

2010

6. From Policy Aims and Small-farm Characteristics to Farm Science Needs
   World Development, 2010, 38, (10), 1399-1412 View citations (14)

2008

7. Bottom Billion: Countries or People?
   Journal of Development Studies, 2008, 44, (5), 750-760

2007

8. Book Review
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (4), 841-845
9. Plant breeding and poverty: Can transgenic seeds replicate the 'Green Revolution' as a source of gains for the poor?
   Journal of Development Studies, 2007, 43, (1), 31-62 View citations (9)

2006

10. Can Small Farmers Survive, Prosper, or be the Key Channel to Cut Mass Poverty?
    The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2006, 3, (1), 58-85 View citations (33)
11. Premature deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo province, South Africa*
    Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (8), 1325-1349 View citations (12)

2002

12. Reconnecting Agricultural Technology to Human Development
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2002, 3, (1), 123-152 View citations (7)

2001

13. Reviving global poverty reduction: what role for genetically modified plants?
    Journal of International Development, 2001, 13, (7), 823-846 View citations (13)

2000

14. Pro-poor Growth and Pro-growth Poverty Reduction: Meaning, Evidence, and Policy Implications
    Asian Development Review (ADR), 2000, 18, (02), 22-58 View citations (2)

1999

15. The impact of changes in human fertility on poverty
    Journal of Development Studies, 1999, 36, (1), 1-30 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper The impact of changes in human fertility on poverty, Discussion Papers in Economics (1997) View citations (11) (1997)

1998

16. Poverty in Emerging Asia: Progress, Setbacks, and Log-jams
    Asian Development Review (ADR), 1998, 16, (02), 135-176 View citations (1)

1997

17. Editorial: Poverty -- are there holes in the consensus?
    World Development, 1997, 25, (7), 1003-1007 View citations (11)

1995

18. Market, Redistributive and Proto-Reform: Can Liberalization Help the Poor?
    Asian Development Review (ADR), 1995, 13, (01), 1-35

1993

19. Creating rural livelihoods: Some lessons for South Africa from experience elsewhere
    World Development, 1993, 21, (9), 1515-1548 View citations (10)
20. Land reform as commenced business: The evidence against stopping
    World Development, 1993, 21, (4), 641-657 View citations (26)

1992

21. Economics and anthropology: Grounding models in relationships
    World Development, 1992, 20, (10), 1541-1546 View citations (11)
22. Handbook of development economics, vol. 1: Concepts and approaches; Structural transformation; Human resources and labour markets: Hollis Chenery and T.N. Srinivasan, eds., (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1988) pp. xxiv+848, $78.50
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 38, (2), 415-427
23. Population Change in the Wake of Agricultural Improvement: Lessons for Pakistan
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1992, 31, (4), 715-728

1990

24. Requiem for Adjustment Lending?
    Development Policy Review, 1990, 8, (4), 437-443

1989

25. Agricultural research and modern plant varieties in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Generalizations, realities and conclusions
    Journal of International Development, 1989, 1, (1), 168-179 View citations (4)
26. Agriculture, rural people, the state and the surplus in some Asian countries: Thoughts on some implications of three recent approaches in social science
    World Development, 1989, 17, (10), 1553-1571 View citations (3)
27. The Challenge of Sanctions1
    South African Journal of Economics, 1989, 57, (4), 227-240 View citations (3)

1988

28. Editors' introduction
    World Development, 1988, 16, (9), 993-995
29. The place of agricultural research in the development of sub-Saharan Africa
    World Development, 1988, 16, (10), 1231-1257 View citations (21)

1987

30. Development studies: Findings, frontiers and fights
    World Development, 1987, 15, (4), 517-525
31. Limits of Price Policy for Agriculture: Which Way for the World Bank?
    Development Policy Review, 1987, 5, (2), 197-215 View citations (22)

1985

32. A problem in poverty measurement
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1985, 10, (1), 91-97
33. Education and Farm Efficiency: Comment
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1985, 34, (1), 167-68 View citations (3)
34. The state, industrialization and class formations in India: Anumpan Sen, (London: Routledge, 1982), [UK pound]14.95
    World Development, 1985, 13, (5), 659-661

1984

35. Conditions of Poverty Groups and Impact on Indian Economic Development and Cultural Change: The Role of Labour
    Development and Change, 1984, 15, (4), 473-493 View citations (3)

1983

36. African Agricultural Development: The EEC's New Role
    Development Policy Review, 1983, 1, (1), 1-21

1980

37. CASE FOR SMALL FARMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    The World Economy, 1980, 3, (3), 377-379
38. Migration from rural areas of poor countries: The impact on rural productivity and income distribution
    World Development, 1980, 8, (1), 1-24 View citations (195)
39. Rural Credit, Farm Finance and Village Households
    Development Policy Review, 1980, A13, (2), 35-48

1979

40. Perverse responses by factor users to factor cost changes: Need policy advisors worry?
    Journal of Development Economics, 1979, 6, (1), 73-78
41. The Indian Economy
    Development Policy Review, 1979, A12, (2), 98-120

1978

42. Inter-farm, inter-regional and farm-non-farm income distribution: The impact of the new cereal variaties
    World Development, 1978, 6, (3), 319-337 View citations (4)

1977

43. The new economics of growth: A review
    World Development, 1977, 5, (3), 267-270 View citations (1)

1976

44. Agricultural finance and rural credit in poor countries
    World Development, 1976, 4, (7), 543-553 View citations (23)

1975

45. Urban bias and food policy in poor countries
    Food Policy, 1975, 1, (1), 41-52 View citations (3)

1963

46. Crecimiento equilibrado y crecimiento desequilibrado en los países subdesarrollados
    Estudios Economicos, 1963, 0002, (3), 55-84
    Also in Estudios Economicos, 1963, 0002, (3), 55-84 (1963)

Chapters

2010

1. Farm Size
   Elsevier View citations (26)

1995

2. Poverty and policy
   Chapter 41 in Handbook of Development Economics, 1995, vol. 3, Part 2, pp 2551-2657 View citations (280)
   See also Working Paper Poverty and policy, The World Bank (1993) View citations (183) (1993)

1986

3. Recession, Rent and Debt: Quasi-Ricardian and Quasi-Keynesian Components of Non-Recovery
   Palgrave Macmillan

1984

4. Family, Fungibility and Formality: Rural Advantages of Informal Non-farm Enterprise versus the Urban-formal State
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (7)