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Agricultural 'Crisis' in Pakistan: Some Explanations and Policy Options

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    (Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Canada.)

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This paper is about public policy and agricultural growth in Pakistan. The author takes the position that, in a historical perspective, public policy has been a large part of the erratic, maybe unsustainable, growth of agriculture in Pakistan. The most important policy issue, therefore, is to radically restructure the existing bureaucratic, patronage-ridden, rent-seeking, and wasteful system of institutions and services. Governments have been far too active in some areas and far too inactive in others, affecting perversely farm productivity and farmers' economic well-being. The flaws in public policy reflect two important aspects of governments: (i) their inability—reflecting both inadequate will and administrative capacity—to implement what needs to be done and (ii) their wrong diagnosis of, hence prescription for, the problems.

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  • Mahmood Hasan Khan, 1997. "Agricultural 'Crisis' in Pakistan: Some Explanations and Policy Options," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 36(4), pages 419-466.
  • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:36:y:1997:i:4:p:419-466
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