Przeludnienie agrarne a rozwój gospodarczy wsi polskiej w pracach Władysława Grabskiego
Streszczenie
The article discusses the concepts of the agrarian policy formulated
by W. Grabski and aiming at elimination of agrarian
overpopulation being one of basie socio-economic problems
of the interwar Poland.
Grabski's postulates are of complex charactęr. They encompass
in their coverage co-ordinated activities inside the agricultural
sector: transformation of the agrarian structure, development
of agricultural education, development of agricultural
infrastructure, and activities outside the agriculture - development
of the industry. These aspects distinguish them in a positive
way from then unilateral propositions.
Analysis of Grabski's views is perfomed from the viewpoint
of the theory of development of developing states. It should be
underlined here that they fulfil the basic conditions formulated
in these theries. Grabski proposed the agrarian reform, developicent
of the industry, improvement in the education level, however,
the development concept proposed by him in its concrete form could
not free the Polish economy from the vicious circle of poverty -
it could only weaken the negative conseąuences of overpopulation.
This was rather treatment of symptoms than elimination of structural
causes of the economic baekwardness. Grabski's propositions
could improve the effectiveness of use of production means, make
the period of accelerated development easier and less painful for
the agriculture. On the other hand, they failed to create strong
enough stimuli for entering the starting phase.