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Development failures are less the result of “natural” short-comings, but are caused instead by false conceptions and by the misapplication of experience from highly-developed economic systems to countries in the initial development stage. The following article points out the pit-falls and discusses some alternative strategies.
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The article is based on the book by the same authors entitled: Der Agrarsektor im Entwicklungsproze\, published by Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, 1980.
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Priebe, H., Hankel, W. Agricultural policy in developing countries. Intereconomics 16, 31–36 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924727
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924727