The great retreat: pastoralism in the arid tropics

Tirthankar Roy

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Abstract: The decline of pastoralism in the arid tropics during the twentieth century, generating livelihood stress and violent conflicts, remains an under-researched subject in economic history. Although political stances were sometimes discriminatory towards pastoralists, the decline was largely the unintended consequence of four factors: colonial legacy, property right, development policy, and technological shifts. The paper discusses these four factors and shows that each one of these drivers represented a response to the challenges of development of the world’s dry tropics.

Keywords: tropical; pastoralism; transhumance; drought; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N10 N50 N55 N57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2022-07
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