Modern technology - a combination of modern varieties, increased use of fertilizer and irrigation development - has contributed substantially to increased rice productivity in South and Southeast Asia. However, there has been less consensus whether this technology has increased or decreased...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Many African countries have experienced unprecedented rates of economic...

Many African countries have experienced unprecedented rates of economic growth in recent years, yet their economic transformations display features that could constrain their future growth prospects. Particularly troublesome have been patterns of urbanization without industrialization, rapid...