Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application.
This paper focuses on the potentially important role of rural nonagricultural activity in the development process. Using the S. Hymer-S. Resnick Z-goods model as a point of departure, the authors first show that its pessimistic conclusions are based on rather restrictive assumptions as applied to th...
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description | This paper focuses on the potentially important role of rural nonagricultural activity in the development process. Using the S. Hymer-S. Resnick Z-goods model as a point of departure, the authors first show that its pessimistic conclusions are based on rather restrictive assumptions as applied to the colonial period. They relax these assumptions, indicating the theoretical possibility of a substantially more positive scenario for that period. Subsequently, they analyze the role of Z-goods, traditional and nontraditional, in the post-independence era, again distinguishing between archetypal pessimistic and optimistic cases. Finally, the comparative historical experience of the Philippines and Taiwan is brought to bear to illustrate the argument empirically. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:34e76e89-b779-400a-9fc5-d5b0ad01fdda2022-03-26T13:28:59ZRural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:34e76e89-b779-400a-9fc5-d5b0ad01fddaEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrints1993Ranis, GStewart, FThis paper focuses on the potentially important role of rural nonagricultural activity in the development process. Using the S. Hymer-S. Resnick Z-goods model as a point of departure, the authors first show that its pessimistic conclusions are based on rather restrictive assumptions as applied to the colonial period. They relax these assumptions, indicating the theoretical possibility of a substantially more positive scenario for that period. Subsequently, they analyze the role of Z-goods, traditional and nontraditional, in the post-independence era, again distinguishing between archetypal pessimistic and optimistic cases. Finally, the comparative historical experience of the Philippines and Taiwan is brought to bear to illustrate the argument empirically. |
spellingShingle | Ranis, G Stewart, F Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title | Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title_full | Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title_fullStr | Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title_full_unstemmed | Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title_short | Rural Nonagricultural Activities in Development: Theory and Application. |
title_sort | rural nonagricultural activities in development theory and application |
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