Rural Development
Rural Development

Author: International Labour Office

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9789221064510

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The Political Economy of Rural Poverty
The Political Economy of Rural Poverty

Author: M. Riad El-Ghonemy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-05-10

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1134953364

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With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries. Concluding that land reform can play a major part in stimulating rural economies this book explores the extent to which such policies can successfully reduce poverty and increase agricultural growth.

State-Administered Rural Change
State-Administered Rural Change

Author: Björn Gyllström

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-07-26

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1000868850

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Originally published in 1991, this book includes a detailed case study of Kenya’s co-operative movement – one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa. Co-operatives have been given a major role in rural development strategies in both socialist and capitalist states. However in both context the results they have achieved have fallen short of expectations. The book focuses on specific elements of the institutional setting within which agricultural marketing co-operatives operate. Factors like land tenure, market regulations, co-operative legislation and direct development support are discussed and shown to have had dire effects on the managerial behaviour and social impact of the co-operative sector.

The State of World Rural Poverty
The State of World Rural Poverty

Author: Idriss Jazairy

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 0814737544

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Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.

The New Localism
The New Localism

Author: Edward G. Goetz

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1993-10-07

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0803949227

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How have local economic conditions been affected by the emergence of a global economy? What changes, if any, have local political authorities made to counterbalance the new emphasis on world interests? Comprehensive and timely, this book answers these and other vital questions by exploring local political restructuring in the face of massive global economic change.

Making a Living
Making a Living

Author: Elizabeth Francis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1134686218

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Livelihoods in rural Africa are changing in response to disappearing job prospects, falling agricultural output and collapsing infrastructure. This book explains why the responses to these challenges are so different in different parts of Africa. Making a Living uses case studies from commercial farming regions in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and from much poorer areas within eastern and southern Africa.to give a broad comparative study of rural livelihoods. These case studies reveal how household relations, poverty and gender all play a part in the changing political economy of rural Africa.