Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook

Briones, Roehlano M.; Felipe, Jesús

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“…As regards the ST in the emerging SEA countries, which is the focus of our study, Briones and Felipe (2013) categorized economies according to their stage of agricultural transformation (1) beginning, with an agricultural surplus; (2) integration, further bifurcated into (a) early, (b) middle, and (c) late; and (3) industrialized. During 2010, Cambodia and Lao PDR were in an agricultural surplus stage (1), projected to reach the early integration stage by 2040.…”

Section: I1 Structural Transformation and The Growth Trajectories Ofmentioning

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Structural transformation in Southeast Asian countries and key drivers

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), established in 1975, provides researchbased policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI's strategic research aims to foster a climate-resilient and sustainable food supply; promote healthy diets and nutrition for all; build inclusive and efficient markets, trade systems, and food industries; transform agricultural and rural economies; and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is integrated in all the Institute's work. Partnerships, communications, capacity strengthening, and data and knowledge management are essential components to translate IFPRI's research from action to impact. The Institute's regional and country programs play a critical role in responding to demand for food policy research and in delivering holistic support for country-led development. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world. AUTHORS AbstractThis study's objective is to examine the factors that have driven structural transformation (ST) in the Southeast Asian (SEA) economies and the policies supporting the process. It sets the stage by evaluating the ST in each country, quantifying the contribution of "within sector" and "structural change" to overall productivity growth and estimating the turning points (TPs) to gauge the prospects of income convergence. Eight SEA countries, undergoing a steady rate of economic growth -Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand (CLMVPMIT) are chosen for analysis. We find their progress on ST to be consistent with the theory and historical patterns experienced in several developed and developing countries.However, progress is diverse across these countries and lags behind developed countries, indicating that labor is not exiting agriculture as fast as agriculture's share of value added has been declining. The ST has decreased from 49 percent in Thailand to almost 3 percent each in Cambodia and Malaysia during 1991 to 2016. Further, the contribution of within change to productivity, which was pivotal during the 1990s in each country is rather subdued during the 2000s, thereby giving comparative primacy to structural change. A relatively higher-57 to 80 percent-contribution of structural change in Cambodia and Lao PDR, together with productivity growth, may be explained by increasing migration and trade in nonagriculture products. We also find that while Lao PDR, Thailand, and Indonesia have reached their TPs, other nations, especially the poorer ones such as Viet Nam, Myanmar, and Philippines are predicted to take at least a decade towards this goal.Empirical analysis suggests ST in CLMVPMIT is positively driven by agricultural productivity, terms of trade, and public investments in infrastructure, with little role for rural to urban migration and market integration. Large inter-sectoral productivity differentials across SEA countries, other than in Cambodia and Malaysia, necessitates to accelerate agricultural disproportionate share of the labor forc...

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Structural transformation in Southeast Asian countries and key drivers

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“…Michaels et al (2012) examined structural transformation by six stylized facts to describe population shift across rural and urban areas. Briones and Felipe (2013) briefly mentioned that although developing Asian countries experienced structural transformation, agriculture has kept its important position. The sector's employment share and output were still at significant level.…”

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An institutional approach and input–output analysis for explaining the transformation of the Turkish economy

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“…70 All the major cities of South Asia, including Mumbai, Delhi, Dhaka and Kathmandu, struggle with inadequate access to social services, such as health care, education, roads, transportation, electricity, safe water supplies and sanitation facilities. 71 Inadequate provision of infrastructure and services increases the vulnerability of poor people in cities.…”

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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is the regional development arm of the United Nations and serves as the main economic and social development centre for the United Nations in the region. Its mandate is to foster cooperation between its 53 members and 9 associate members. ESCAP provides the strategic link between the global and country-level programmes and issues. It supports governments in consolidating regional positions and advocates regional approaches to meeting the unique socioeconomic challenges in a globalizing world. The ESCAP office is located in Bangkok.The Asian Development Bank's vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region's many successes, it remains home to a large share of the world's poor. ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth and regional integration. Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants and technical assistance.The United Nations Development Programme partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in nearly 170 countries and territories, we offer global perspectives and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in aChanging Asia-Pacific The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the ADB or its Board of Governors or the Secretariat of the United Nations (ESCAP and UNDP) or the governments they represent. The United Nations (ESCAP and UNDP) and ADB do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accept no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Any reference to a commercial entity or product in this publication does not imply endorsement.The designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area or the use of the term "country" in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations, ADB or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent concerning the legal or other status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication follows the United Nations practice in references to countries. Where there are space constraints, some country names have been abbreviated. In the ADB, China is referred to as the People's Republic of China, Kyrgyzstan is referred to as the Kyrgyz Republic, Burma is referred to as Myanmar, Vietnam is referred to as Viet Nam and Hanoi is referred to as Ha Noi...

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Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook

Cited by 64 publications

References 41 publications

Structural transformation in Southeast Asian countries and key drivers

Structural transformation in Southeast Asian countries and key drivers

An institutional approach and input–output analysis for explaining the transformation of the Turkish economy

Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing Asia-Pacific

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