This book, an outcome of a study, conducted under Indo-Dutch programme on alternatives in development, jointly sponsored by the Institute for Social Studies, the Hague, and the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, examines the growth and structural transformation in the Republic of Korea and India in 1950s in a comparative and historical perspective, both at the macro and micro levels. Analysing the factors responsible for differential growth and transformation in the two countries, it assesses the role of rural institutions in rural transformation. Taking a close look at the changes in the economy and life of rural households, it also studies the ‘small farm rice economy’ in Korea and Coastal Andhra Pradesh. The book is useful for policy makers, researchers and development institutions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.M. Mohan Rao
Prof. R.M. Mohan Rao, an M.A. (in Rural Development) and Ph.D., has retired recently from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam after serving about three and half decades in various capacities in the Department of Co-operation and Applied Economics. He was Founder Director of the SAARC Centre and has been the Director of the NABARD Chair Unit since 1998. He also worked as an FAOTCDC consultant to the Government of Zambia on Agricultural Finance in the year 2000. Prof. Rao has conducted many field-based research studies for various organizations such as All India Rural Credit Review Committee (1969). The NABARD (1985), Indo-Dutch Project on Alternatives in Development (1984-86) and Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture (1992). He has many books and research papers to his credit.
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