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Theories of Sectoral Balance

In: The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development

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  • Lance Taylor

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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Separating sectors in the economy means they have structure — something differs between them. For centuries economists have set up models incorporating sectors with diverse natures — subsistence v. modern, agriculture v. non- agriculture, traded v. non-traded — to ask how they reach balance in the short run and grow over time. Much work on economic development is concerned with such issues. An attempt is made in this review to give the flavour (and some of the substance) of this literature. Its volume is enormous; any summary must be selective at best. The emphasis here is on models with practical relevance to policy issues in the Third World.

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  • Lance Taylor, 1989. "Theories of Sectoral Balance," International Economic Association Series, in: Jeffrey G. Williamson & Vadiraj R. Panchamukhi (ed.), The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development, chapter 1, pages 3-31, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-19746-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19746-0_1
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    1. Zewdu, Getnet Alemu & Malek, Mehrab, 2010. "Implications of land policies for rural-urban linkages and rural transformation in Ethiopia," ESSP working papers 15, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Elisabetta Basile & Claudio Cecchi, 1997. "Beyond the sectors an analysis of economic differentiation in rural economy," Working Papers in Public Economics 29, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Economics and Law.

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