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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture Ser. ; v. 2 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Tables and Figures; Physiography of Punjab; Dedication Page; Preface; Chapter I. Introduction; Geographical and Historical Setting; Core Aspects of Development; Punjab Agriculture 1906-1946; Partition and Punjab on the Eve of Independence; Chapter II. Growth of Agricultural Output and Inputs; Growth Rates of Output 1950-1979; Land Use and Cropping Intensity; Labour Supply and Labour Use; Capital Stock and its Composition; Factor Proportions, Factor Productivity and Technical Change |
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Chapter III. Infrastructure and the Role of the StateThe Development of Infrastructure; Public Investment in Irrigation; Power Generation and the Agricultural Sector; Rural Credit and Marketing Institutions; Research and Development and Agricultural Support Institutions; Roads and Transport Development; Health and Other Merit Goods; Expansion of Educational Facilities; Public Revenue and Expenditure; Chapter IV. Demographic Transition in Punjab; Economic Growth and Population Change; Trends of Population Change; Fertility, Mortality and Migration; Dependency Ratios and Household Composition |
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Children in the Labour ForceEducational Characteristics and Quality of the Labour Force; Chapter V. Product and Factor Markets in Rural Punjab; Product Market and its Integration; Factor Proportions and Scale Economies; Labour Market and Modes of Employment; Capital Markets; Rural Credit and Farm Size; Fragmentation and Integration of Markets; Chapter VI. Income Distribution, Poverty and Levels of Living; Growth and Inequality in the Process of Development; Trends in Average Levels of Consumption; Trends in Inequality in Punjab; Trends in Poverty and the Composition of the Rural Poor |
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Agricultural Growth, Poverty and Inequality in PunjabChapter VII. Growth and Structure: Emerging Patterns; Agricultural Growth and Differentiation of the Peasantry; Sectoral Composition of Output and Workforce; Emerging Pattern in the Structure of Punjab Economy; Chapter VIII. Agriculture and the Development Process; Contribution of Agriculture to the Development Process; Growth of Agriculture in Punjab (1950-1980) and Japan (1880-1935); Punjab Growth in an All-India Perspective; Political Economy of Development in Punjab: Some Possible Futures; Appendix A Statistical Tables |
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Appendix B Index Numbers of Agricultural OutputAppendix C Estimates of Agricultural Capital; Appendix D A Note on Poverty Index; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dasgupta, Ajit K
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| ISBN |
9781000681505 |
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1000681505 |
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