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Green Revolution and Redistribution of Rural Incomes. Pakistan's Experience

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  • M. GHAFFAR CHAUDHRY

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.)

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The paper investigates the legitimacy of the popular view that the Green Revolution has led to a magnification of income inequality in rural Pakistan. The empirical evidence produced in t his paper is sufficiently conclusive to show that the Green Revolution has actually been responsible for reduction of income disparity between small and large farms, between farm and non-farm rural classes and between well-to-do and poorer agricultural regions in Pakistan. The .paper suggests that Green Revolution technologies should be encouraged in the interest of economic development.

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  • M. Ghaffar Chaudhry, 1982. "Green Revolution and Redistribution of Rural Incomes. Pakistan's Experience," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 21(3), pages 173-205.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:21:y:1982:i:3:p:173-205
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    2. Abdul Salam, 1978. "Factor Inputs Use and Farm Productivity on Different Farm Categories in the Punjab," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 17(3), pages 316-332.
    3. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry, 1973. "Rural Income Distribution in Pakistan in the Green Revolution Perspective," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 12(3), pages 247-258.
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    3. M. Ghaffar Chaudhr, 1984. "Autarky in Food: Evidence and Prospects," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 23(2-3), pages 257-271.
    4. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry & Shamim A. Sahibzada, 1995. "Agricultural Input Subsidies in Pakistan: Nature and Impact," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 711-722.
    5. Ali, Amjad, 2016. "Issue of Income Inequality under the perceptive of Macroeconomic Instability: An Empirical Analysis of Pakistan," MPRA Paper 74963, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Mohammad Alauddin & Clem Tisdell, 1988. "Patterns and Determinants of Adoption of High Yielding Varieties: Farm-level Evidence from Bangladesh," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 27(2), pages 183-210.
    7. Rashida Haq, 1999. "Income Inequality and Economic Welfare. A Decomposition Analysis for the Household Sector in Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 1999:170, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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