As in many parts of the developing world, the share of high value crops in agricultural gross domestic product (AgGDP) has increased substantially in Nepal. We contribute to the literature on trends in agricultural development in the poorest countries by answering the research question on...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I Macro-issues in Agriculture -- Chapter 2. Structural Transformation & Growth: Whither Agriculture in Nepal -- Chapter 3. The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction in Nepal -- Chapter 4. Food Consumption Patterns and Dietary Diversity in Nepal: Implications...

The objective of this paper is to examine how agricultural and nonagricultural labor productivities have grown over time and whether the growth pattern affected poverty in low- and middle-income economies in Asia. We first examine whether labor productivities in the agricultural and...

Drawing upon a cross-country panel data for developing countries, the present study sheds new empirical light on dynamic and long-term linkages among growth, inequality and poverty. First, agricultural sector growth is found to be consistently the most important factor in reducing inequality and...