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David Blakeslee
David Blakeslee is an Associatet Professor of economics at New York University, Abu Dhabi. He has obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research focusses on various aspects of the political economy of development, with a focus on South Asia and the Middle East. He has authored papers on the political and economic implications of party ideology in India, the relationship between economic shocks and crime in agrarian societies, and the functioning of education markets in Pakistan. In ongoing research, he will be exploring the effects of rural electrification on economic and institutional outcomes, the implications of opium production for the accumulation of human and physical capital, and the role of remittances in promoting development.
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भारत में सिंचाई और स्थानीय आर्थिक विकास के स्थान आधारित पैटर्न
भारत की सिंचाई परियोजनाओं का उद्देश्य कृषि की उत्पादकता और ग्रामीण विकास को बढ़ावा देना है। इस लेख में ब्लेकस्ली एवं अन्य द्वारा स्थानीय आर्थिक गतिविधियों की संरचना में सिंचाई उपलब्ध होने के दीर्घकालिक प्रभावों का अध्ययन किया गया है। वे पाते हैं कि कृषि उत्पादकता, जनसंख्या घनत्व और आर्थिक विकास के अन्य सूचकों में वृद्धि होने के कारण सिंचाई उपलब्ध होने का ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में सकारात्मक प्रभाव पड़ता है। लेकिन सिंचित शहरी क्षेत्रों पर इसका उल्टा प्रभाव पड़ता है जहां गैर-कृषि आर्थिक गतिविधियों में गिरावट दिखती है।
Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
Irrigation projects across India are intended to boost agricultural productivity and rural development. In this post, Blakeslee et al. study the long-run effects of access to irrigation on the composition of local economic activity. They find that while access to irrigation has a positive impact on rural villages by increasing agricultural productivity, population density and other indicators of economic development, the reverse is true for irrigated towns, which experience a decline in local non-agricultural economic activity.
Structural transformation and spillovers from ‘Industrial Areas’
A defining feature of economic development is the reallocation of labour from subsistence agriculture to manufacturing. To shed light on this process, this column analyses Karnataka’s Industrial Areas (IAs) programme that facilitated the establishment of industrial firms in rural areas. It finds that IAs caused a large increase in the number of firms and employment with substantial spillovers to neighbouring villages, and triggered a classic ‘structural transformation’ of the economy.
Impacts of water loss on low-income farmers in Karnataka
Worsening environmental conditions threaten to undermine progress in reducing rural poverty. This article studies the effects of increasing water scarcity in India. It finds that drying up of wells results in a precipitous and persistent decline in farm income and wealth, with little evidence of agricultural adaptation. However, farmers take up relatively more off-farm employment opportunities, particularly in locations with a more developed manufacturing sector.