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Reflections on Agricultural and Rural Development – Policies and Performance in Asia
India — one of many countries with second waves. Initial optimistic assessment revised following a 40-day national lockdown in March 2020 and return of millions of migrants
Abstract In this article, I explore why China has surged ahead of India in irrigation and water management and in dealing with water scarcities. I offer a comparison of the two countries’ policies and investment strategies using a political economy context.
Agricultural policy reforms Roles of markets and states in China and India
Market reforms have been given much of the credit for China’s spectacular growth performance. This paper looks at China’s reform process systematically, along with India’s, and argues that the Chinese state has played a key role in transforming China into a modern economic state, deploying unlimited supplies of labor and combining it with a variety […]
Patterns of Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth
The findings of this study were first presented at the conference on “Policy Options and Investment priorities for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth”, organized jointly by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research and Institute for Human Development in collaboration with the Planning Commission of India, Food & Agriculture Organization and World Bank, in New Delhi […]
