P.R. Dubhashi. Policy and Performance: Agricultural and Rural Development in Post-Independence India.

Mahmood, Mir Annice

P.R. Dubhashi. Policy and Performance: Agricultural and Rural Development in Post-Independence India. New Delhi: Sage Publications. 1986. 320 pp.

This book is a critical appraisal of India's policies in the field of agriculture and rural development. The analysis examines the institutional, technological and economic aspects of the country's agricultural and rural development policies for the past thirty-five years. The drawback pointed out by the author is that the country followed a less than holistic approach in agriculture and rural development. Policies were fragmented and unbalanced. However, a holistic approach, as suggested by the author, would lead to economic growth and the elimination of poverty.

The book will be of special relevance to administrators and policy-makers In the field of agriculture and rural development.

Prepared by Mir Annice Mahmood, Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.