Ashwani Saith

TL;DR: The authors argues that there is more to the enveloping global exercise of the MDGs than meets the eye Despite its alarming and terminal weaknesses with regard to theory, method and scope, and notwithstanding its multitude of errors of commission and omission, the MDG phenomenon carries the potential for distorting meaningful intellectual and research agendas, and could function as the catalyst and vehicle for a fundamental realignment of the political economy of development at the global level.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the cross-country U-Curve is more of a hindrance than an aid to our comprehension of the relationship between economic growth and income distribution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that to a significant extent, the price factor and the variables implicit in the time trend term both derive their strength from the nature of the growth processes which have generated the observed growth in agricultural production.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that despite its narrow focus, the income-poverty line approach does yield some pertinent information on its chosen scale, but it is essentially one-dimensional and overlooks the multifaceted nature of human deprivation.

TL;DR: A reorientation of the growth process along 'agriculture first' lines is also unlikely to create trickle-down effects which have a strong enough impact on rural poverty so long as it is based on emphasising export-ori... as mentioned in this paper.