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Peer reviewedLi, Wei; Yang, Dennis Tao – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
The Great Leap Forward disaster, characterized by a collapse in grain production and a widespread famine in China between 1959 and 1961, is found attributable to a systemic failure in central planning. Wishfully expecting a great leap in agricultural productivity from collectivization, the Chinese government accelerated its aggressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Production, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
