Economic development through agrarian reform

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1955
Economic development through agrarian reform
James Price Gittinger II
Iowa State College
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BCONCIIIC DEVELOaiENT THROUGH AGRARIAN EEFOSK
by
James Prioe Gittinger, II
A Dissertation Submitted to the
Graduate Faculty in P&rtial Fulfillment of
The Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Major Subject I Agricultural Economics
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TABIE OF CONTENTS
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THE CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOBIENT 11
~Cau8os of Eoonomlc Development 13
Genesis and Growth of EconomiG Development Thfiory .o**...* 15
Necessary Modifications of Basio Eoonomio Assumptions 47
, Definition of Concepts Used in This Dissertation 110
NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOH^ENTi KETHODS AND CONTENT . 126
VFrame of Reference 127
Necessary Conditions for Economic Development .a 146
ELABORATION OF GROWTH MODEL AND APPLICATION OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS . 201
Rate of Growth Models o«*a*eooai>o*<»e*««i«ii«eo 203
Application of Necessary Conditions for Economic Development . o 208
INTBRREUTIONSHIPS BETWEEN AGRARIAN REFORM AND ECONCMIC DEVELOHilENT . 235
Nature and Scope of the Concept of Agrarian Reform . 235
Agrarian Reform and Economic Development a..a.239
INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO ECONOMIC AND AGRARIAN DKVELOP^I:NT AND
REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVES .251
Resource Inefficiencies Engendered by Defects in Agrarian
Structures a a.aa,ao254
Remedial Alternatives to Overcome Defects in Agrarian Structures 260
AGRARIAN REFORM IN JAPAN . . 451
Ends of the Agrarian Reform as 457
Success and Failure Elements of Agrarian Institution Adjustments 460
Evaluation and Prospects , 480
POLICY ASPECTS AND SUGGESTED FUTURE ALTERNATIVES FOR ACTION AND
RESEARCH REGARDING AGRARIAN REFORM AND ECONa'.IC DEVELOHIENT .... 486
Guidelines for Agrarian Reform in Underdeveloped Countries • a a 487
Implications for United States Policy aa..o a.. 493
Research Needs Regarding Agrarian Reforms a.a>aa«oa... 500
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INTEODUCTION
During the first half of this century, eoonomioally underdeveloped
nations the world over have become increasingly desirous of initiating
eoonomio developnent. They have seen the remarkable rise in material
levels of living which have come to the TITest'^ following the industrial and
agricultural revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries» They have seen
the aooompanying increases in power and influence of Western Civilization.
Now they are no longer willing to sit idly byi they wish to participate in
this surge of economic progress.
The imperative necessity that concerted aotion be taken to foster
eoonomio development has taken on a new urgency for the Free World since
the end of World War IIo The poverty of millions can no longer be ig-
noreds In the United States^, public recognition of the necessity for ac­
tion has taken the form of Point IV, named after the electrifying propos­
al for teohnioal assistance advanced by President Truman in his inaugural
address of 1949o In the British Commonwealth, the Colombo Plan was formed
in 1950 to foster eooncmio development throughout Southeast Asia. In the
United Nations, 76 governments pledged support in 1954 for sharing
lo In this dissertation. Western Civilization is taken to mean that
group of related cultures stemming from the Roman Empire, including the
Western Hemisphere settled by European emigrants, and Australia and New
Zealando The West is interpreted to include Western Europe, the United
States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australiao The Free World includes all
areas not dominated by the Soviet Union or the government of Conmiunist
Chinao