This may be attributed to significant rise in yield of wheat, rice and foodgrains which grew at an average rate of 11.2 per cent, 7.9 per cent and 8.1 per cent, respectively, during the same years. These growth rates have also been unprecedented. High growth in production and yield continued during the subsequent decades of 1970s and 1980s.
•  Improve the financial legal environment. The legal system in the region currently faces major challenges in supporting effective financial intermediation. Furthermore, the drafting, implementation and application of the legislative and regulatory reforms, require strong capacity in the judiciary and in the legislative and executive offices charged with legislative drafting and law revision.