book chapter
The contribution of agriculture to growth: Colombia
1995 | Pages: 44
Publisher(s): published for the international food policy research institute (ifpri) by johns hopkins university press
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Citation
Berry, Albert. 1995. The contribution of agriculture to growth: Colombia. In Agriculture on the road to industrialization. Mellor, John W. (Ed.) Chapter 10. Pp. 263-306. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [by] Johns Hopkins University Press. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/129335
As a perusal of Colombia's economic history makes clear, agriculture has been central to the economy's generally satisfactory performance. Agriculture's postwar growth rate (3.7 percent over 1950-80) was well above the average for developing countries and was unusually high in relation to the growth rate of GDP (5.1 percent over 1950-80). During the years of fastest GDP growth (5.9 percent in 1965-80), agriculture grew at 4.5 percent, which was somewhat higher than its longer-period average. This chapter therefore gives special attention to the latter period.