Roy, Tirthankar 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781
(2006)
Roots of agrarian crisis in interwar India.
Economic and Political Weekly, 41 (52).
pp. 5389-5400.
ISSN 0012-9976
Abstract
Agricultural growth declined in interwar India, intensifying poverty and weakening prospects for industrialisation. Historical scholarship explains poor agricultural growth mainly in terms of adverse institutions, a hypothesis that fails to account for the much better growth rates in pre-war India. A contemporary discourse suggesting the presence of environmental constraints on investment in agriculture, and sustainability of extensive growth, supplies a better account of economic history. It can also connect the past with the present, when sustainability concerns have returned.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://epw.in/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Economic and Political Weekly |
| Divisions: | Economic History |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations > N10 - General, International, or Comparative N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations > N15 - Asia including Middle East N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N55 - Asia including Middle East |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2012 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 07:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47104 |
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