Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook
Briones, Roehlano; Felipe, Jesus | August 2013
Abstract
"Past assessments of development and structural transformation in developing Asia have focused on industry and services. This paper renews the focus on agriculture, showing that agriculture still matters in economic transformation, given that it is still the largest employer for many large developing economies in Asia. In the long term, agriculture’s employment share will continue to be sizable relative with the output share; to expedite transformation, many Asian countries will still need to promote long term productivity growth in agriculture and facilitate upgrading of their farms and agroenterprises within the global value chain."
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Briones, Roehlano; Felipe, Jesus. 2013. Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2305. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1655-5252
Keywords
Agriculture
Agricultural Trade
Trade
Trade Barriers
Trade Facilitation
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Trade Negotiations
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