Public policy and agricultural development / / edited by Ha-Joon Chang

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1809172409045
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Land reform - Developing countries; Agriculture and state - Developing countries
• Altri autori: ChangHa-Joon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Public Policy and Agricultural Development; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; PART I Introduction and synthesis; 1 Rethinking public policy in agriculture - lessons from history, distant and recent; PART II Case studies; 2 Chile; 3 Ethiopia; 4 Ghana; 5 India; 6 Mexico; 7 Vietnam; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives. Examining the experiences of 11 developed countries in their earlier stages of development and the experiences of 10 developing and transition economies in the last half a century, the book offers an in-depth discussion on a range of public policies for agriculture, some currently in use and others forgotten in the mist of history.After presenting the overarching theoretical framework and a synthesis of findings over the 21 countries
• Titolo autorizzato: Public policy and agricultural development
• ISBN: 1-136-63528-9; 1-283-46225-7; 9786613462251; 0-203-80369-8; 1-136-63529-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809009703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: (AT-OBV)AC06715189 ; 8