"Green Revolution and Redistribution of Rural Incomes: Pakistan's Experience" A Comment

Green revolution: Indian agricultural experience – a paradigm for Eritrea

Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor. To mitigate these problems, India adopted farming strategies under the “Green Revolution” in the mid 1960s. The application of modern farming technology, in...

Redistribution toward Low Incomes in Richer Countries

During the twentieth century, most developed countries have adopted extensive government-managed income support programs for low-income families and individuals. For example, the United Stated launched income support programs such as Social Security for the old, unemployment compensation for those who lose their jobs, and Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) for low-income families d...

A Strategic Framework for Strengthening Rural Incomes

Physician incomes in rural and urban America.

Amid concerns that too few physicians practice in many rural areas, lower income potential is cited as one obstacle to attracting and retaining rural physicians. Congress has responded by increasing Medicare payment rates to virtually all physicians practicing in rural areas. However, average physician incomes in rural and urban areas do not differ significantly, even after accounting for diffe...

Trickling Down: Are Rural and Rural Poor Family Incomes

The past decade has seen a number of studies of how the poverty incidence (the percentage of families below the poverty line) of certain demographic groups changes in response to economic growth. In the pre!3ent study, the responsiveness of family income to regional economic growth is examined for a sample of rural and rural poor Wisconsin families with nonaged, nQndisabled heads. Ordinary leas...