Banerjee, Gertler, and Ghatak's Study on Operation Barga's Impact
A 2002 study by economists Abhijit Banerjee, Paul Gertler, and Maitreesh Ghatak provided quantitative evidence for the success of Operation Barga. Their research, which attributed about 28% of West Bengal's agricultural productivity growth between 1979 and 1993 to the tenancy reform, was published in the Journal of Political Economy under the title 'Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal'.
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