Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development

Robert Vos

No wp-2018-87, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Over the past sixty years, most Asian countries have undergone relatively rapid agricultural transformations that helped jumpstart broader economic development. However, the changes have differed markedly in nature and speed across countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the Green Revolution brought a quantum leap in yields of staple crops. Agricultural productivity growth facilitated labour exit and savings transfers, which helped jumpstart industrial growth and urbanization, which in turn induced deeper agrarian change and food system transformations.

Keywords: Agricultural productivity; Structural change; Rural development; Food policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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