Economics of Agricultural Development - AEM 4640 8-5-2014
Course Outline and Readings
Fall 2014 – Prof. Kyle
Lecture Date Topic
1. Aug. 27 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
2. 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 Studies Vol. 29 No. 3 2001; http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/FamineMortality.pdf
3. 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
4. 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.
5. 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/
6. 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
7. 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
8. Sep. 24 Household Economics the Peasant Farm – Allocation & Efficiency
* 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
9. Sept. 29 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm - Risk
* Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Ch. 5
10. Oct. 1 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm – On and Off Farm Labor and Production Decisions
* Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Ch. 6 and 7
11. Oct. 6 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm - Sharecropping
* Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 ch. 8
* Notes on Tenancy and Sharecropping from NCSU http://kyle.dyson.cornell.edu/aem%204640/Sharecropping%20Notes%20from%20NCSU.pdf
12. Oct. 8 Land, Farm Size and Land Tenure Reform
* Ellis ch. 10
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)
October 13 – FALL BREAK – No Class
13. Oct. 15 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
14. Oct. 20 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
* 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
15. Oct. 22 Research and Extension
* Norton et. al. Chapter 12
16. October 27 – Prelim in Class
17. 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
Rosenzweig, M “Consequences of Migration for Developing Countries” UN/POP/MIG/2005/08 http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/ittmigdev2005/P08_Rosenzweig.pdf
18. Nov. 3 Input and Credit Systems
Zeller, M. and Richard Meyer The Triangle of Microfinance Johns Hopkins University Press 2003
19. 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
20. Nov. 10 Comparative Advantage and International Trade in Agriculture
* Simple numerical examples - http://www.economics.li/downloads/compadva.pdf
http://iang.org/free_banking/david.html
* Brief Overview - http://internationalecon.com/Trade/Tch40/T40-0.php
* Krugman’s Lecture Notes on Import Substitution - http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/isi.pdf
21. 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
22. 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
23. Nov. 19 Border Prices and Protection Coefficients
* Tsakok, I – Agricultural Price Policy – Practitioner’s Guide Cornell U 1990 ch. 1, 2 &3
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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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