Volume 3, Number 1 - International Development - Special Edition 1999
Title: Agriculture and Economic Development
Author: G. Edward Schuh
Abstract: Traditionally, agriculture has not been viewed as a tool for promoting economic
development. However, investment in agriculture can spur growth in GDP while benefiting the poorest income groups. In
the following essay, G. Edward Schuh provides the case for agricultural investment in developing countries.
About the Author: G. Edward Schuh is the Regents Professor of International Economic Policy at
the University of Minnesota, and Orville and Jane Freeman Professor of International Trade and Investment Policy at the
UniversityŐs Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He has served as senior staff economist on President FordŐs Council of
Economic Advisers and as director of agriculture and rural development in the World Bank. Dr. Schuh was professor of
agricultural economics at Purdue University from 1959 through 1979, after receiving a Master of Science degree from
Michigan State University and a Master of Arts and doctorate from the University of Chicago
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