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Rural development
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1980
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9780674780422

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This is one of the studies on the economic and social modernization of Korea undertaken jointly by the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Korea Development Institute.


Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Part 1 Agriculture's Role
Introduction
Agriculture's Role in Korean Economic Development
The Contribution of Agriculture to Overall Growth
Transfers out of Agriculture
The Contribution to Agriculture
Part 2 Agricultural Inputs and Outputs
The Growth of Agricultural Output and Productivity
Trends in Agricultural Output
Comparisons of Commodity Growth
Trends in Agricultural Inputs
Growth of Productivities
Estimation of an Aggregate Agricultural Production Function
The Sources of Agricultural Growth
Labor and Mechanization
Cultivated Acreage
Fixed Capital and Agricultural Growth Cycles
Current Inputs
Increases in Productivity
Regional Agricultural Production and IncomeAlbert Keidel)
The Regions of South Korea
Rural Land
Regional Agricultural Output
Regional Terms of Trade
Provincial Farm Population
Regional Farm Income
Rural Isolation
Conclusion
Part 3 Government Policies
Government Investment Policy and Plans
The Situation Before 1945
The Years from 1945 to 1960
The First Five-Year Economic Development Plan Period (1962-1966)
The Second Five-Year Economic Development Plan Period (1967-1971)
The Third Five-Year Economic Development Plan Period (1972-1976)
Agricultural Credit Policy
Agricultural Credit Before Liberation
From Liberation to the Early 1950s
The Late 1950s
The 1960s
Agricultural Credit in the 1970s
Farm Price Policy
The Evolution of Grain Market Operations
Levels of Purchase Prices
The Two-Price System
Seasonal Price Stabilization
Livestock Product Pricing Policy
Local Government and Rural DevelopmentVincent Brandt)
Structure of Local Administration
The County (Kun)
The Township (Myon)
Office of Rural Development (Agricultural Research and Extension)
Agricultural Cooperatives
Saemaul Undong (The New Community Movement)
Part 4 The Impact on Rural Welfare
Land Reform
Compensation versus Expropriation
Land Reform and Productivity
Rural Living Standards
Distribution of Rural Income
The Provision of Education and Health Services
Other Indicators of a Changing Rural Life
Off-Farm MigrationJohn E. Sloboda)
Post-Korean War Trends in the Farm
Household Population
The Volume and Structure of Off-Farm Migration in the 1960s
Intra-Provincial Variations in the Rates of Farms and Non-Farm Household Growth
The Aging of Farm Operators and Changing
Landholding Patterns
Socio-Economic Selectivity in Village Out-Migration
The Economic Integration of Off-Farm Migrants
Synopsis and Conclusions
Conclusion
Appendix A Agricultural Data Collection Methods
Appendix B Agricultural Output and Input Data
Appendix C Revised Farm Household Income Estimates
Notes
Bibliography
Index