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The Development And Direction Of Agricultural Development Economics: Requiem Or Resurrection?

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  • Ian Carruthers
  • Jonathan Kydd

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This paper provides a critical review of the literature of agricultural development economics over the past thirty years, against the background of a contention that the discipline has recently lost some influence on the policy agenda. The literature is discussed in categories which are thematic and chronological: farm economics; project planning; policy reform; environmental economics and the new institutional economics. Recommendations are made as to directions in which the discipline should move forward.

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  • Ian Carruthers & Jonathan Kydd, 1997. "The Development And Direction Of Agricultural Development Economics: Requiem Or Resurrection?," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(1‐3), pages 223-238, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jageco:v:48:y:1997:i:1-3:p:223-238
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1997.tb01147.x
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