This collection draws together contemporary articles on development economics. Ideal for students with little or no background in economics, it covers a range of themes including poverty, foreign aid, agriculture and human capital

Indian agriculture has shown a steadily rising trend in Per Capita Agricultural Gross Value Added (PCAGVA) despite facing considerable barriers since independence. If compared with other nations, the trend of per capita agricultural value added may be ordinary. However, the role of the ‘Green...

Agricultural demographic changes along with policy-led agricultural transformation initiatives induce variable responses of farming systems through influencing land and labour productivities. Demographic responses and changes included declined fertility and relatively higher growth of rural...

In this study, an integrated system dynamics model was developed for scenario analysis in sub-sectors of the Kheirabad River Basin in southwestern Iran where managing water resources is seriously challenging due to population growth and periodic drought. Afterward, the variability of water...