economics for more than four decades. He has contributed important work from factor markets and agriculture, to the dynamics of ….’ - Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Informal labour markets are prevalent in developing countries and these … development from the perspective of social justice and economic effi ciency, exploring the role of land tenure and productivity in …

from agriculture. Many rural people in the developing world are poor, and conversely, most of the world's poor people … inhabit rural areas. Agriculture also accounts for a significant fraction of the economic activity in the developing world … that changes affecting agriculture have large aggregate effects. Thus, it seems reasonable that agricultural productivity …