the overall aim of the present study was to estimate the time series of agricultural employment in the gilan province during 1976-2011, and modeling and forecasting employment using artificial neural networks for years 2012-2019. for this purpose, employment series calculated by interpolation and input variables selected based on previous theoretical and empirical research. finally, number of a...

Labor Market Impacts of a Large-Scale Public Works Program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as antipoverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, b...

Sub-Saharan Africa has often been viewed by the development field as a homogenous entity with common problems requiring common strategies. Most countries in the region gained independence from European colonial rule in the early 1960s, but the process of forming agricultural strategies began much earlier. Agricultural strategies are perhaps the most important component of overall development st...

1Respectively, Former Graduate Research Assistant and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business (MSC 3169, PO Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003; 575-646-3215; [email protected]), New Mexico State University. SUMMARY The economic impact of agricultural production in the southern Albuquerque, NM, metropolitan area was estimated using the IMpact Analysis for PLANning (...

Agriculture is the largest sector in most sub-Saharan economies in terms of employment, and it plays an important role in supplying food and export earnings. Rural poverty rates remain high, and labor productivity is strikingly low. This paper asks how these factors shape the role of agriculture in African development strategies. Is agricultural growth a prerequisite for growth in other sectors...