Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village

by Christopher Bliss, Nicholas Stern

Overview

The analysis of rural markets and the behaviour of those involved in them should be at the centre of the study of the economies of poor countries. This book is about such markets and its main purpose is to examine and develop theories relating to them in the context of an Indian village. By focusing on a particular village, the book analyses some of the many contradictory and grand assertions about the nature and consequences of the 'Green Revolution'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198831969
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Christopher Bliss, Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford,Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Professor Christopher Bliss is Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His research interests are in economic theory and economic policy, international economics, and development economics.

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern is IG Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He is Director of the India Observatory, Chairman of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Chairman of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and President-elect of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019). He has also been a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords since 2007.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. The Village3. Theory and India4. Markets in Palanpur5. Tenancy6. Output and Income7. Wheat: The New Varieties and Practices in Palanpur8. Wheat: Productivity and Expectations9. Reflections on Economic Theory10. A Revisit and some Speculations on the FutureGlossaryReferencesIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The three Palanpur volumes are a monument to serious social science; social science at its best. I don't know of anything like them."— Robert Solow, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics 1987

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