Agriculture and the Economic Development of Low Income Countries

ISBN-13: 9789027917133 / Angielski / Twarda / 1971 / 254 str.

Y. S. Brenner

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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- I. POPULATION TRENDS AS THE CAUSE AND RESULT OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS -- II. INCREASING PER CAPITA OUTPUT IN AGRICULTURE AND THE PER ACRE YIELD OF FARMLAND -- III. FORMS OF ORGANISATION IN AGRICULTURE AND THE FINANCE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT -- IV. CULTURAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE -- V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PRICES: THE PROSPECTS FOR TROPICAL EXPORT CROPS -- VI. INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE: A PROBLEM OF PRIORITIES -- PART TWO: THE USE AND ABUSE OF FOREIGN AID (Thoughts about Ghana) -- VII. INTRODUCTION -- VIII. FOREIGN CAPITAL AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE -- IX. THE CASE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT -- X. CENTRALLY-PLANNED AND SUPPLY-DOMINATED DEVELOPMENT MODELS -- XI. STATE-DIRECTED AND DEMAND-DOMINATED MODELS OF GROWTH -- POSTSCRIPT -- INDEX