Democracy in Nepal and agriculture development- An analysis
In my previous posting, I mentioned about three sources of agricultural productivity- Input intensification , Technology change and Efficiency change. Many of the studies in developing country show that technology is regressing over time. I tried to see the case in reference to Nepal. I estimated technology change index in 31 developing countries including Nepal for 20 years period. I am discussing here only the case of Nepal. Annual technology change index shows that technology is regressing over time. I divided 20 years period into two parts- before 1990- Panchayat era and after 1990 democratic era. the result shows that after the advent of democracy in Nepal, agricultural technology regression starts gradually.