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Uma Lele

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This person is deceased (Date: 28 Jul 2025)
First Name:Uma
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Last Name:Lele
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RePEc Short-ID:ple578
http://www.umalele.org
Terminal Degree:1965 Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Cornell University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Lele, Uma, 2024. "Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in India," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India 344351, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
  2. Lele, Uma, 2022. "Productivity by Farm Size and Food Security," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 323943, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  3. Lele, U., 2018. "Doubling farmers’ income under climate change," IWMI Working Papers H049193, International Water Management Institute.
  4. Lele, Uma & Emerson, Robert & Beilock, Richard P., 1995. "Revisiting Structural Transformation: Ethics, Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment," 1994 Conference, August 22-29, 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe 183382, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  5. Lele, Uma & Mellor, John W., 1988. "Agricultural Growth, its Determinants, and Their Relationship to World Development: an Overview," 1988 Conference, August 24-31, 1988, Buenos Aires, Argentina 183063, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  6. Lele, Uma, 1976. "Considerations Related to Optimum Pricing and Marketing Strategies in Rural Development," 1976 Conference, July 26-August 4, 1976, Nairobi, Kenya 182362, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  7. Mellor, John W. & Lele, Uma J., 1972. "Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies," Staff Papers 185918, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
  8. Lele, Uma J., 1971. "A Note on Dualistic Models," Staff Papers 185968, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
  9. Lele, Uma J. & Mellor, John W., 1971. "The Political Economy of Employment Oriented Development," Staff Papers 185970, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
  10. Mellor, John W. & Lele, Uma J., 1971. "A Labor Supply Theory of Economic Development," Staff Papers 185969, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
  11. Lele, U., "undated". "Doubling farmers’ income under climate change," IWMI Reports 296735, International Water Management Institute.

Articles

  1. Soumya Balasubramanya & Uma Lele, 2022. "Policy Note: Expanding Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(01), pages 1-14, January.
  2. Uma Lele & Nick Vink, 2022. "Agriculture under the 4th industrial revolution," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 53(6), pages 851-854, November.
  3. Uma Lele, 2022. "Growing water scarcities: Responses of India and China," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(1), pages 411-433, March.
  4. Lele, Uma, 2020. "Structural Transformation: India in a Global Perspective since the 1960s," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 75(01), January.
  5. Uma Lele & Sambuddha Goswami, 2017. "The fourth industrial revolution, agricultural and rural innovation, and implications for public policy and investments: a case of India," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 48(S1), pages 87-100, November.
  6. Uma Lele & Herve Plusquellec & Richard Reidinger, 2015. "Policy Note: "Water and Agriculture: Are We Ready for 2050?"," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(01), pages 1-9.
  7. Uma Lele, 2010. "Foreword," IDS Bulletin, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(6), pages 1-1, November.
  8. Uma Lele & Christopher Gerrard, 2003. "Global Public Goods, Global Programs, and Global Policies: Some Initial Findings from a World Bank Evaluation," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 85(3), pages 686-691.
  9. Uma Lele, 2003. "Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 85(5), pages 1119-1125.
  10. Uma Lele, 2002. "Discussion of Action Strategies to End Global Hunger in the 21st Century," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 84(3), pages 845-846.
  11. Lele, Uma & Adu-Nyako, Kofi, 1992. "Approaches to uprooting poverty in Africa," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 95-108, April.
  12. Uma Lele, 1991. "The Gendered Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa: Discussion," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 73(5), pages 1452-1455.
  13. Uma Lele & Ijaz Nabi, 1991. "The Role of Aid and Capital Flows in Economic Development," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 73(3), pages 947-950.
  14. Uma Lele, 1991. "Tyagi, D. S. Managing India's Food Economy: Problems and Alternatives. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1990, 240 pp., Rs. 165," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 73(4), pages 1304-1305.
  15. Lele, Uma, 1991. "African marketing boards under structural adjustment: The experience of Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s by H.L. Van der Laan and W.T.M. Van Haasen African Studies Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1990, 52 + xx pp," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 346-347, August.
  16. Uma Lele & Kofi Adu‐Nyako, 1991. "Integrated Strategy Approach for Poverty Alleviation: A Paramount Priority for Africa," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 3(1), pages 1-29.
  17. Lele, Uma, 1990. "Structural adjustment, agricultural development and the poor: Some lessons from the Malawian experience," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 18(9), pages 1207-1219, September.
  18. Lele, Uma, 1989. "Sources of Growth in East African Agriculture," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 3(1), pages 119-144, January.
  19. Lele, Uma, 1989. "Marketing improvement in the developing world: what happens and what we have learned : Agricultural Services Section, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 1984, 1986 (revised edition). 237 pp. ISBN 92-5-101427-2," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 3(2), pages 164-166, May.
  20. Uma Lele, 1989. "Marketing Improvement in the Developing World," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 3(2), pages 164-166, May.
  21. Lele, Uma & Goldsmith, Arthur A, 1989. "The Development of National Agricultural Research Capacity: India's Experience with the Rockefeller Foundation and Its Significance for Africa," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 37(2), pages 305-343, January.
  22. Lele, Uma, 1986. "Women and Structural Transformation," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 34(2), pages 195-221, January.
  23. Uma Lele, 1984. "The Role of Risk in an Agriculturally Led Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 66(5), pages 677-683.
  24. Lele, Uma, 1981. "Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 55-72, January.
  25. Lele, Uma & Mellor, John W, 1981. "Technological Change, Distributive Bias and Labor Transfer in a Two-Sector Economy," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(3), pages 426-441, November.
  26. Lele, Uma, 1978. "Rural marketing in China: A comparative perspective," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 6(5), pages 663-665, May.
  27. Lele, Uma, 1976. "Designing Rural Development Programs: Lessons from Past Experience in Africa," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 24(2), pages 287-308, January.
  28. Lele, Uma, 1975. "Extension in the Andes : E.B. Rice, (M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1974) 552 pp," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 191-191, June.
  29. Mellor, John W. & Lele, Uma J., 1973. "Growth Linkages of the New Foodgrain Technologies," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 28(01), pages 1-22.
  30. Uma J. Lele, 1967. "Market Integration: A Study of Sorghum Prices in Western India," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 49(1_Part_I), pages 147-159.

Chapters

  1. Patrick Caron & Mahendra Dev & Willis Oluoch-Kosura & Cao Duc Phat & Uma Lele & Pedro Sanchez & Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, 2018. "Devising Effective Strategies and Policies for CSA: Insights from a Panel of Global Policy Experts," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Leslie Lipper & Nancy McCarthy & David Zilberman & Solomon Asfaw & Giacomo Branca (ed.), Climate Smart Agriculture, pages 599-620, Springer.

Books

  1. Uma Lele & Virgilio Viana & Adalberto Verissimo & Stephen Vosti & Karin Perkins & Syed Arif Husain, 2010. "Brazil - Forests in the Balance : Challenges of Conservation with Development," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 19907, April.
  2. Uma Lele & Madhur Gautam & Hariadi Kartodihardjo & Azis Khan & Ir. Erwinsyah & Saeed Rana, 2000. "Indonesia : The Challenges of World Bank Involvement in Forests," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 19909, April.

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  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 2019-11-25 2022-09-12
  2. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2022-09-12
  3. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2019-11-25
  4. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2025-12-08

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