This paper attempts to quantify the impact of fiscal decentralization in India on its social infrastructure and on rural development. Overall, the results in this paper indicate that Government of India within a federal framework has been fostering development equitably across its states,...

What are the similarities and dissimilarities in the pattern of cluster development between contemporary developing countries and modern Japanese economic history? This study attempts to examine the relevance of the Sonobe–Otsuka model, which is designed to explain the long-term process of...

This article provides a review of the past and potential future roles of land tenure reforms and land markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as responses to population growth in the process of land use intensification and livelihood transformation. The farm size distribution and the existence of an...

Nothing could be more valuable than creating a new paradigm in economics, particularly in the field of agricultural development. A notable example is T. W. Schultz's (1964) thesis regarding "efficient but poor" small-scale farmers in low-income or developing countries. No less influential is...

The need to construct an effective strategy for industrial development in low-income countries has been largely ignored by development economists because industrial policies have failed in many developing countries. This does not imply, however, that industrial development cannot be promoted....

This paper aims to investigate the demand-side factors affecting the schooling progression of Filipino children of school age, using household panel data collected over a span of 17 years. The following patterns emerge: (1) daughters complete more years of schooling than sons; (2) parental...