インド，パキスタン，バングラデシュにおける長期農業成長

O13

This paper investigates the growth performance of agriculture in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in the twentieth century. The use of unusually long-term data that correspond to the current borders for the period 1901-2002 distinguishes this study from the existing ones. The empirical results show a sharp discontinuity between the pre- and the post-independence periods in all three countries: growth rates in total output, land productivity, and labor productivity rose from zero or very low figures to significantly positive levels, which were sustained throughout the post-independence period. The improvement in aggregate land productivity explained the most of this output growth, of which approximately one third was attributable to shifts to more lucrative crops.