Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Terms and Abbreviations xvii
5. 1. Technical Change and Rural Poverty 1
6. 2. The Green Revolution in Uttar Pradesh: The Widening and Subsequent Narrowing of Regional Disparities 23
7. 3. Income Diffusion over Time: Walidpur Village 63
8. PHOTOGRAPHS 97
9. 4. Mechanisms of Income Diffusion: Meerut District 105
10. 5. Off-Farm Diversification: Rampur Village 127
11. 6. Dairying as a Source of Income Diffusion: Izarpur Village 176
12. 7. Labor-intensive Cultivation of High-Value Crops: Jamalpur Village 211
13. 8. Speeding up Income and Employment Diffusion: Some Policy Implications 239
14. Appendix. Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient by Sources of Income 256
15. References 259
16. Index 269