Unit 4: Development Economics; A modern-day ‘green revolution’

The ‘green revolution’ was a massive and fundamental change in development economics, but it’s really ancient history to today’s modern students. So read on to find out about a modern-day revolution in Vietnam’s rice industry…


In development economics, the ‘green revolution’, how technological change can be a massive help to a developing country, is very important and not just an event long in the past.

Check out this BBC news article on a much more recent technological change which has made a massive difference to the rice industry in Vietnam. I’ll definitely be using this as a useful case study when we come onto this topic.