Agriculture and development: A brief review of the literature

Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Effenberger, Alexandra

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Agriculture and development: A brief review of the literature

Dethier, Jean-Jacques, Effenberger, Alexandra·2012·Economic Systems

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Concentrating human populations within cities transforms the economies of scale in human interactions, producing higher average incomes and enabling a wide array of novel social benefits as urban systems advance, which in turn enable further growth and help to drive rural-urban migration.
“Concentrating human populations within cities transforms the economies of scale in human interactions, producing higher average incomes and enabling a wide array of novel social benefits as urban systems advance (98, 99), which in turn enable further growth and help to drive rural–urban migration (100, 101).”
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Authors: Dethier, J.-J., & Effenberger, A.
Affiliations: World Bank (US)
Brown University (US)
Corresponding author: Effenberger, Alexandra
Venue: Economic Systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2012-06
Volume: 36
Issue: 2
Pages: 175-205
ISSN: 0939-3625 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2011.09.003
OpenAlex: W3121893175
Cited by: 380
References: 69
Citations by year: 2026: 36 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 51.40
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Economic Systems (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Economics and Practices
Social Sciences › Safety Research › Agricultural economics and policies
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
Keywords: food security, food prices, smallholder farmers, agricultural productivity, Green Revolution, agricultural growth, rural development, agricultural trade policy, food price volatility, agricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural infrastructure, rural non-farm employment, land market, income diversification, sub-Saharan Africa

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