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- Title
Agriculture transformation and rural development in Pakistan: A time series analysis.
- Authors
Ullah, I.
- Abstract
The present study has empirically analyzed the impact of agriculture transformation on rural development with relevance to Pakistan. This study provides analytical biases to the conventional theory of agriculture transformation and rural development, develops their indices and later implements the time series tools for empirical investigation of the phenomenon. We use time series data for the period 1981-2001 and employ cointegration technique and error correction model (ECM) approach. The empirical finding reveals that agriculture transformation has positive and significant impact rural development, which implies that agriculture sector development is a major component for rural life and rural areas can attain higher living standards if agriculture sector is transformed.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; RURAL development; AGRICULTURAL policy; ERROR correction (Information theory); AGRICULTURAL industries; TIME series analysis
- Publication
Spanish Journal of Rural Development, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3, p35
- ISSN
2171-1216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5261/2013.GEN3.04