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creators_name: Birthal, P S
creators_name: Singh, H
creators_name: Kumar, S
icrisatcreators_name: Birthal, B S
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research(New Delhi)
country: India
title: Agriculture, economic growth and
Regional disparities in India

ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: convergence;income growth;agricultural employment;technology adoption;infrastructure;human capital;India
agrotags: <b>Agrotags</b>     - growth | social sciences | income | economic growth | productivity | infrastructure | labour | processing | agricultural economics | rations <br><b>Fishtags</b>    - NOT-AVAILABLE<br><b>Geopoliticaltags</b> - india | punjab | bihar | andhra pradesh | uttar pradesh | madhya pradesh | haryana | orissa | gujarat | washington
abstract: This paper investigates the process of convergence and catching-up among major
Indian states during 1980/81–2004/05—a period of economic liberalisation and accelerated
economic growth, and also analyses the factors that enhance economic growth and lead states
towards an identical steady state. In particular, we examine the role of agricultural conditions
in this process. Results indicate absolute divergence in income levels across states. However,
after controlling for structural characteristics of states there is a strong tendency of convergence
among states. Physical infrastructure and human capital are found to enhance economic
growth, but alone are not sufficient for convergence. For convergence, the investment in
physical infrastructure and human resources should be accompanied by a reduction in
employment pressure on agriculture by improving labour market linkages of agriculture with
non-agricultural sectors, and by promoting growth-enhancing labour-intensive agricultural
technologies
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: Journal of International Development
volume: 23
publisher: John Wiley & Sons
pagerange: 119-131
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0954-1748
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1606
related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&q=%22Agriculture%2C+economic+growth+and+Regional+disparities+in+India%22&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=&as_vis=0
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citation:   Birthal, P S and Singh, H and Kumar, S  (2011) Agriculture, economic growth and Regional disparities in India.  Journal of International Development, 23.  pp. 119-131.  ISSN 0954-1748     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/15/1/1606_ftp.pdf