The Dragon And The Elephant - Agricultural and Rural Reforms in China and India

List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Foreword xix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Abbreviations xxv PART I Introduction and Overview 1 1 Introduction 3 SHENGGEN FAN, ASHOK GULATI, AND SARA DALAFI 2 Overview of Reforms and Development in China and India 10 SHENGGEN FAN, ASHOK GULATI, AND SARA DALAFI PART II Access to Land, Health, and Education: Initial Conditions and Reforms 45 3 The Chinese Land Tenure System: Practice and Perspectives 49 YANG YAO 4 Land Institutions, Policy, and Reforms in India 71 RAVI SRIVASTAVA, N.C. SAXENA, AND SUKHADEO K. THORAT 5 The Basic Health Protection System in Rural China 97 LING ZHU PART III Investments in Rural Areas, Technology, and Irrigation 121 6 Public Investment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Comparative Analysis of India and China 125 SHENGGEN FAN AND SUKHADEO K. THORAT 7 Reforming the Agricultural Research and Intellectual Property Rights Systems of China 141 BONWOO KOO, PHILIP G. PARDEY, AND KEMING QIAN 8 Agricultural Research and Technology in India: Status, Impact, and Contemporary Issues 160 DAYANATHA JHA AND SURESH PAL 9 Policy and Institutional Reforms in the Water Sector: Experiences and Lessons from China and India 180 RAMASWAMY R. IYER, K.V. RAJU, AND JINXIA WANG 10 Future Prospects for Water and Food in China and India: A Comparative Assessment 207 XIMING CAI AND MARK W. ROSEGRANT PART IV Market and Trade Reforms 235 11 Agricultural Marketing Reforms in China: Striking a Balance between Sequencing and Speed 239 BINGSHENG KE 12 Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 264 V.S. VYAS 13 Gains from Trade Reform: The Likely Impact of China's WTO Accession on Its Agriculture 283 JIKUN HUANG AND SCOTT ROZELLE 14 Agricultural Trade Liberalization, Poverty, and Food Security: The Indian Experience 301 ANWARUL HODA AND C.S.C. SEKHAR PART V Rural Diversification and Vertical Integration 325 15 China's Nonfarm Sector Development: Implications for Rural Off-Farm Employment and Rural Development 327 LINXIU ZHANG, SCOTT ROZELLE, JIKUN HUANG, AND ALAN DE BRAUW 16 The Rural Nonfarm Sector in the Indian Economy: Growth, Challenges, and Future Direction 343 G.K. CHADHA 17 Diversification: Implications for Rural Growth in China 365 FUNING ZHONG AND JING ZHU 18 From Plate to Plow: Agricultural Diversification in India 384 P.K. JOSHI AND ASHOK GULATI 19 Transaction Costs and Marketing Chain Efficiency: The Case of Tomatoes in Nanjing City 403 RUERD RUBEN, HUALIANG LU, AND ERNO KUIPER PART VI Poverty Alleviation Programs and Safety Nets 423 20 Poverty Alleviation in China: Successes and Lessons 425 LINXIU ZHANG, SCOTT ROZELLE, AND JIKUN HUANG 21 Antipoverty Programs in India: Are They Pro-Poor? 440 KIRIT PARIKH, S. MAHENDRA DEV, AND ABUSALEH SHARIFF PART VII Lessons Learned and Future Directions 463 22 Synthesis: Lessons and Challenges 465 SHENGGEN FAN, ASHOK GULATI, AND SARA DALAFI References 489 Contributors 521 Index 525