Economics of Agricultural Development - AEM 4640
Course Outline and Readings
Fall 2014 – Prof. Kyle
Lecture
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Date
Aug. 27
8-4-2014
Topic
What is Poverty and What is Development?
Chambers, R. “Rural Poverty Unperceived” Ch. 1 in Rural Development – Putting the
Last First Longman, 1983 http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/571/rc536.pdf?sequence=1
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Sep. 3
Food Security and the Economics of Food Demand
Review your Intro Microeconomics!!
Sen, A. “Poverty and Famines” Oxford U. Press 1983
Devereaux, S. “Sen’s Entitlement Approach: Critiques and Counter-Critiques” Oxford
Development
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2001;
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/FamineMortality.pdf
Sep. 8
Historical View – Long Run Trends and Agricultural Growth
Federico, Giovanni Feeding the World – An Economic History of Agriculture 1800-2000
– pp. 1 – 68
Pritchett, L “Understanding Patterns of Economic Growth” World Bank Economic
Review Vol. 14 (2000) pp 221 250.
http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/2/221.full.pdf+html
Sep. 10
Structural Transformation and Growth
Ray, D. “Economic Development” Overview” Ch. 2 pp 7-44 in Development Economics
Princeton, U Press 1998.
Chenery, H. and M. Syrquin Industrialization and Growth – A Comparative Study
Oxford U Press 1985 Part I “Structural Transformation” pp. 11-118.
Sep. 15
Development Theories and Agriculture
The Lewis Model
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/images/uploads/The_Lewis_Dual_Sector_Model.pdf
Fei and Ranis
http://economics-exposed.com/fei-ranis-model-of-dual-economy-introduction/
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Sep. 17
Agricultural in Traditional Societies
Norton, Alwang, and Masters Economics of Agricultural Development 2nd edition
Routledge, 2010 Chapters 7 and 8
Ellis, F Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries Oxford U Press 2000
Schultz, T Transforming Traditional Agriculture Yale Univ. Press 1964
Sep. 22 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm #1
Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Chs. 1, 2 and 3
Sept 24 - Preliminary Paper Topic Due – One page statement of paper topic including
preliminary source listing and outline
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Sep. 24 Household Economics & the Peasant Farm – Allocation & Efficiency
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Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 ch. 4
Quisumbing, Agnes, Gender Differences In Agricultural Productivity:
A Survey of Empirical Evidence, IFPRI FCND Discussion Paper No. 5 7/95
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/pubs/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/dp05.pdf
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Sept. 29
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Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Ch. 5
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Oct. 1 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm – On and Off Farm Labor
and Production Decisions
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Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Ch. 6 and 7
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Oct. 6 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm - Sharecropping
Household Economics and the Peasant Farm - Risk
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Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 ch. 8
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Notes on Tenancy and Sharecropping from NCSU
http://kyle.dyson.cornell.edu/aem%204640/Sharecropping%20Notes%20from%20NCSU.pdf
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Oct. 22
Land, Farm Size and Land Tenure Reform
Ellis ch. 10
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Berry , R. and W. Cline “Agrarian structure and productivity in developing countries:
a study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World
Employment Programme” ILO 1979
Binswanger, H and P. Elgin “What Are the Prospects for Land Reform?” Conference
paper Agriculture and governments in an interdependent world. Proceedings of the
twentieth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 24-31 August 1988. 1990 pp. 739-754 (ISBN 1-85521-000-2)
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Oct. 8
Hayami/Ruttan and Induced Innovation
Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 ch. 11
Hayami and Ruttan Agricultural Development – An International Perspective JHU 1985
October 13 – FALL BREAK – No Class
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Oct. 15
The Green Revolution
Hazell, P. Green Revolution – Curse or Blessing? IFPRI 2003
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/pubs/pubs/ib/ib11.pdf
Hazell, P. “The Asian Green Revolution” IFPRI Discussion Paper 03911, 2009
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Pingali, P. “Green Revolution: Impacts, Limits and the Path Ahead” PNAS June 2012.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/07/20/0912953109.full.pdf+html
Oct. 20
Research and Extension
Norton et. al. Chapter 12
16. October 27 – Prelim in Class
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Oct. 29
Labor Markets and Migration
Numerical Example of Todaro Migration Model http://faculty.washington.edu/danby/todaro/Todaro.htm
Lall, S, H. Selod, Z. Shalizi “Rural Urban Migration in Developing Countries - A
Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings” World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper No. 3915, 2006
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Rosenzweig, M “Consequences of Migration for Developing Countries”
UN/POP/MIG/2005/08
http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/ittmigdev2005/P08_Rosenzweig.pdf
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Nov. 3
Input and Credit Systems
Zeller, M. and Richard Meyer The Triangle of Microfinance Johns Hopkins University
Press 2003
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Nov. 5
Pricing and Marketing
Maxwell, S and A Fernando – “Cash Crops in Developing Countries” World
Development Volume 17, Issue 11, November 1989, Pages 1677–1708
November 5 - Paper Outlines and Final Literature Review and Data Sources Due
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Nov. 10
Comparative Advantage and International Trade in Agriculture
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Simple numerical examples - http://www.economics.li/downloads/compadva.pdf
http://iang.org/free_banking/david.html
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Brief Overview - http://internationalecon.com/Trade/Tch40/T40-0.php
Krugman’s Lecture Notes on Import Substitution http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/isi.pdf
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Nov. 12
International Trade Agreements and Agriculture
The WTO and the Uruguay Round http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/w7814e/w7814e04.htm
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact5_e.htm
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/ag_intro01_intro_e.htm
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Nov. 17
Macro Policies and Exchange Rates
A Beginners Guide to Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Markets http://economics.about.com/cs/money/l/aa022703a.htm
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Nov. 19 Border Prices and Protection Coefficients
Tsakok, I – Agricultural Price Policy – Practitioner’s Guide Cornell U 1990 ch. 1, 2 &3
Nov. 24 Border Prices and Protection Coefficients cont.
Tsakok, I. Agricultural Price Policy – A Practitioner’s Guide ch. 3 and 4
Nov. 26
Day before Thanksgiving No Class
Dec. 1
“Real” Exchange Rates
FAO writeup of Salter-Swan Model
http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/x3936e/x3936e10.htm
Graham A. Davis and John E. Tilton “The resource curse” Natural Resources Forum 29
(2005) 233–242 http://lawweb.colorado.edu/profiles/syllabi/banks/Davis%20%20Tilton%20%20The%20resource%20curse.pdf
Pick, Daniel and Thomas L. Vollrath “Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and
Agricultural Export Performance in Developing Countries” Economic Development and
Cultural Change Vol. 42, No. 3 (Apr., 1994), pp. 555-571
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Dec. 3
Food Aid and Development Assistance
Barrett, C. “Food Aid’s Intended and Unintended Consequences” Background Paper for
FAO State of Food and Agriculture 2006 http://dyson.cornell.edu/faculty_sites/cbb2/Papers/MixedEffectsv2Mar2006.pdf
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