Growth and Distress in a South Indian Peasant Economy During the Era of Economic Liberalisation
分析了印度特伦甘纳地区农业自由化对不同农民阶层的影响，发现过去15年农业产出增长的同时，福利下降且农民自杀增多，增长与困境相互交织。
This article analyses the impact of agricultural liberalisation on different farming classes in the region of Telangana in South India. The region has been witnessing significant growth in real agricultural output over the last 15 years. At the same time, as NSS (National Sample Survey) household survey data indicate, there have been significant welfare declines not only for marginal farmers and landless labour, but for other groups as well. There have also been more than a thousand farmer suicides between 1998 and 2002. I argue in this article that during the liberalisation period, that is, post 1990, agricultural growth and increased distress have become mutually intertwined. I use the terms, growth-inducing distress and distress-inducing growth to explain this apparent paradox.