Economics 102 DRAFT - PRELIMINARY

Economics of Agricultural Development - AEM 4640 Course Outline and Readings Fall 2017 – Prof. Kyle

Lecture Date Topic

1. Aug. 23 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. Aug. 28 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. Aug. 30 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. 6 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. 11 Development Theories and Agriculture

* The Lewis Model http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/images/uploads/The_Lewis_Dual_Sector_Model.pdf Fei and Ranis http://economicsconcepts.com/fei_ranis_model_of_dual_economy.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei%E2%80%93Ranis_model_of_economic_growth 6. Sep. 13 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. 18 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm #1

* Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Chs. 1, 2 and 3

Sept 20 - Preliminary Paper Topic Due – One page statement of paper topic including preliminary source listing and outline

8. Sep. 20 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. 25 Household Economics and the Peasant Farm - Risk

* Ellis, Frank Peasant Economics Cambridge Univ. Press 1993 Ch. 5

10. Sept. 27 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. 2 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. 4 Land, Farm Size and Land Tenure Reform

2 * 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 9 – FALL BREAK – No Class

13. Oct. 11 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. 16 The Green Revolution

* Hazell, P. Green Revolution – Curse or Blessing? IFPRI 2003

http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/64639/filename/64640.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. 18 Research and Extension

* Norton et. al. Chapter 12

16. October 23 – Prelim in Class

17. Oct. 25 Labor Markets and Migration

* Numerical Example of Todaro Migration Model - http://faculty.washington.edu/danby/todaro/Todaro.htm 3 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. Oct. 30 Input and Credit Systems

Zeller, M. and Richard Meyer The Triangle of Microfinance Johns Hopkins University Press 2003

19. Nov. 1 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 3 - Paper Outlines and Final Literature Review and Data Sources Due

20. Nov. 6 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. 8 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. 13 Macro Policies and Exchange Rates

4 * A Beginners Guide to Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Markets - http://economics.about.com/cs/money/l/aa022703a.htm

23. Nov. 15 “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

24. Nov. 20 Border Prices and Protection Coefficients

* Carmel Cahill and Wilfrid Legg, Estimation of Agricultural Assistance Using Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents: Theory and Practice. OECD Paris 1989 https://www1.oecd.org/eco/outlook/34315829.pdf

* Frank Flatters - Measuring the Impacts of Trade Policies: Effective Rates of Protection

http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/pub/faculty/flatters/writings/ff_measuring_impacts_of_trade_ policy.pdf

Tsakok, I – Agricultural Price Policy – Practitioner’s Guide Cornell U 1990 ch. 1, 2 &3

Morris,M.L.1990.Determining Comparative Advantage Through DRC Analysis: Guidelines Emerging from CIMMYT's Experience. CIMMYT Economics Paper NO.1. Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT http://repository.cimmyt.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10883/836/18878.pdf

Tsakok, I. Agricultural Price Policy – A Practitioner’s Guide ch. 3 and 4

Nov. 22 Day before Thanksgiving No Class

25. Nov. 27 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

5 26. Nov. 29 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund