Growth and inequality: rural development in Malawi, 1964-1978

Dharam P. Ghai and Samīr Muḥammad. Raḍwān

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on rural development in Malawi for the period from 1964 to 1978 - outlines economic development trends since independence in 1964 (export promotion and employment creation), considers features of the agricultural economy (land ownership and poverty), and focuses on income distribution for agricultural workers (agricultural income), and the role of past agricultural policies in contributing to economic disparity. References and statistical tables.

Keywords: rural development; economic development; trend; export promotion.; employment creation; agricultural economy; land ownership; poverty; income distribution; agricultural workers.; agricultural income; agricultural policy; economic disparity; statistical table; développement rural; desarrollo rural; développement économique; tendance; promotion des exportations; création d'emploi; économie agricole; propriété foncière; pauvreté; répartition du revenu; travailleur agricole; revenu agricole; politique agricole; disparité économique; tableau statistique; desarrollo económico; tendencia; promoción de exportaciones; creación de empleos; economía agrícola; propiedad de la tierra; pobreza; distribución del ingreso; trabajador agrícola; ingreso agrícola; política agraria; desigualdad económica; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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