International agricultural development

Contents:PrefacePart I - The Challenge IntroductionAgricultural Development Ideas in Historical PerspectiveJohn M. Staatz and Carl K. EicherAgricultural and Foods Needs to 2025Alex F. McCallaForeign Aid and Agriculture-Led DevelopmentJohn W. MellorPart II - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives IntroductionEconomic Performance through TimeDouglass C. NorthCommunity, Market, and StateYujiro HayamiMarkets, Market Failures, and DevelopmentJoseph E. StiglitzThe Agricultural TransformationC. Peter TimmerAgriculture on the Road to IndustrializationJohn W. MellorModels of Agricultural DevelopmentVernon W. RuttanInduced Innovation Model of Agricultural DevelopmentVernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro HayamiPart III - Policy Perspectives IntroductionThe Macroeconomics of Food and AgricultureC. Peter TimmerThe Case for Trade LiberalizationRudiger DornbuschThe Plundering of Agriculture in Developing CountriesMaurice Schiff and Alberto ValdesThe Political Framework for Agricultural Policy DecisionsRobert H. BatesFood, Economics, and EntitlementsAnartya SenPart IV - Agricultural Transformation and Rural Economic Development IntroductionLearning from ExperienceAgricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and InstitutionsJames T. BonnenAgricultural and Rural Development: Painful Lessons Hans P. BinswangerThe Peasant in Economic ModernizationYujiro HayamiInstitutional and Human CapitalReflections on Land Reform and Farm SizeHans P. Binswanger and Miranda ElginInvesting in PeopleTheodore W. SchultzProjects for Women: Explaining Their Misbehavior Mayra Buvini Agricultural Extension in the Twenty-first CenturyCharles H. AntholtHow Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?Timothy J. BesleyMicrofinance: The Paradigm Shift form Credit Delivery to Sustainable Financial IntermediationMarguerite S. RobinsonMicro and Small Enterprises and the Rural PoorCarl LiedholmTechnology Development and SustainabilityConstraints on the Design of Sustainable Systems of Agricultural ProductionVernon W. RuttanAfrican Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability IssuesThomas ReardonMaintaining Productivity Gains in Post- Green Revolution Asian AgricultureMichael Morris and Derek ByerleeConfronting the Ecological Consequences of the Rice Green Revolution in Tropical AsiaPrabhu L. PingaliChoice of Technique in Rice Milling on JavaC. Peter Timmer, with a comment by William L. Collier, Jusuf Colter, Sinarhadi, and Robert d'A. Shaw and a reply by C. Peter TimmerPast V - Lessons from Economies in Transition IntroductionAgricultural Development and Reform in ChinaJustin Yifu LinThe Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's DevelopmentC. Peter TimmerZimbabwe's Maize Revoluion: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap.Carl K. Eicher and Bernard KupfumaPath-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in ColumbiaAlain de Janvry and Elizabeth SadouletAgricultrual Reform in Central and Eastern EuropeJohan F.M. SwinnenName IndexSubject Index