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South Asia's Transition from Agrarian to Industrialized Economy The Employment and Labor Market
This book analyses the transition of South Asian nations from agrarian to industrialized economies, which is accompanied by a widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural growth rates and a greater income disparity between farmers and urban residents.
The chapters, contributed by experts in the field, analyze various issues in the transitional process of economic development in South Asia by focusing mainly on India’s “agricultural adjustment problem” and the issues concerning industrial sectors. The book deals first with challenges related to the farmers’ struggles, including traders and processors, and how they can adapt to the more sophisticated market demand for their products emerging mainly in urban areas or even abroad. It then focuses on the developments in the non-agricultural sector, introducing a global value chain (GVC) perspective. It finally analyses trends in labor migration and labor markets closely linked to the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.
This book is a valuable addition to the field of Development Economics and South Asian Economics.
1. Introduction, Kazuo Tomozawa and Koichi Fujita Part I: Agri-business 2. Meat Industry Modernization in Nepal and its Tactical Adaptation by People from the “Meat Seller Caste”, Kanako Nakagawa; 3. Location Changes and Growth Process of the Production Areas in the Indian Broiler Industry, Takuya Goto; 4. Sustainable Rural Development and Agri-business in India: A Case Study of the Food Chain Management of AMUL, Naoto Shimokado; 5. Modernization of the Marketing and Trade of Agricultural Produce (Vegetables) in India and Nepal, Keshav Lal Maharajan Part II: Apparel Industry in Global Value Chain 6. The Asian Garment Industry in the Global Value Chain: An Overview, Kenta Goto; 7. Can Bangladesh’s Export-oriented Ready-made Garment (RMG) Enterprises Sustain their Social Upgrading without Economic Upgrading? Khondaker Golam Moazzem; 8. Myanmar’s Garment Industry in the Global Value Chain: Export Expansion in the 2010s, Atsuko Mizuno Part III: “Leading Industries” in India 9. India’s IT-BPO Services Industry: From Enclave to Global Hub, but still Unconnected to the Economy, Etsuro Ishigami; 10. Upgrading the Global Value Chains and Human Capital Development in India’s Biopharmaceutical Industry, Atsuko Kamiike; 11. First Mover Coupling and the Evolution of Low-road Employment Relations in India’s Automobile Manufacturing Industry, Tom Barnes; 12. How Independent Trade Unions Shaped the Labor Movement in India: A look at Indian Trade Unionism, Hitoshi Ota Part IV: Labor Migration and Employment in India 13. Labor Migration, Entrepreneurial Activity, and Industrial Agglomeration: Urban Informal Garment Sector in Delhi, Yoshimi Une; 14. Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: A Study of Delhi Slum Dwellers from 2007-08 to 2018, Yuko Tsujita; 15. Transfer Mechanism of Indian Emigrant Workers to Gulf Countries: Focusing on Recruiting Agents in Jamia Nagar, Delhi, Kazuo Tomozawa; 16. Contrasting Agrarian Changes in Punjab, India: Case Study of Two Villages in Ludhiana and Jalandhar Districts, Koichi Fujita, Akihiko Ohno, and Kamal Vatta; Index
Biography
Kazuo Tomozawa is Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan. He is co-editor of "Inclusive Development in South Asia" (Routledge 2023, with Toshie Awaya).
Koichi Fujita is Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. He is co-editor of "Sustainable Development in India" (Routledge 2021, with Tsukasa Mizushima).
