Another Green Revolution? On the Perils of ‘Extracting Lessons’ from History

Jonathan Harwood ()
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Jonathan Harwood: University of Manchester

Development, 2018, vol. 61, issue 1, 43-53

Abstract: Abstract Virtually all areas of policy are commonly justified by reference to history. This article examines claims in literature which discusses the feasibility of ‘another Green Revolution’ and shows that almost all of the ‘history’ it deploys is poorly constructed. Moreover, since the authors in question arrive at a wide range of conflicting policy recommendations, the literature is of little use to policymakers. It concludes, however, not that history is useless for policy, but that if carefully done, it can indeed provide valuable orientation.

Keywords: History and policy; New Green Revolution; Lessons of history; Successes in development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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