Agricultural exit problems: Causes and consequences

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.creator.identifierDEREK HEADEY: 0000-0003-2476-5131
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.number802en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorHeadey, Derek D.en
dc.contributor.authorBezemer, Dirk Jen
dc.contributor.authorHazell, Peter B. R.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:54:04Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:54:04Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161194
dc.titleAgricultural exit problems: Causes and consequencesen
dcterms.abstractContrary to conventional economic theories, the relationship between income growth and the share of the population within the rural or agricultural sector is extremely diverse, even among regions starting from similar levels of development, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing Asia is characterized by fast growth and slow urbanization, primarily as the result of labor-intensive agricultural growth and strong farm?nonfarm linkages. But for all its success to date, Asia appears to be increasingly vulnerable to rising inequality and jobless growth patterns. Africa presents a divergent pattern of slow growth with rapid urbanization stemming from urban-biased policies, low rural population density, and high rates of population growth. But whereas Africa?s path of urbanization without growth presents problems like unemployment, congestion, and food-price inflation, it may also provide new development possibilities through greater political empowerment, lower fertility rates, and agglomeration externalities. The paper concludes with a discussion of how development strategies can address these agricultural exit problems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeadey, Derek D.; Bezemer, Dirk J; Hazell, P. B. R. 2008. Agricultural exit problems: Causes and consequences. IFPRI Discussion Paper 802. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161194en
dcterms.extent52 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2008
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/14204en
dcterms.subjecteconomic growthen
dcterms.subjectstructural changeen
dcterms.subjecturbanizationen
dcterms.subjectrural urban migrationen
dcterms.subjectoff-farm employmenten
dcterms.subjectinequalityen
dcterms.subjectemploymenten
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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