Envisioning the New City
Envisioning the New City

Author: Eleanor Scott Meyers

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780664253158

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This book compiles essays by over thirty urban pastors, community organizers, seminary professors, and church leaders. Their essays seek to present creative opportunities for urban ministries to bring hope and renewal to their congregations and communities.

Reaching the Rural Poor
Reaching the Rural Poor

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780821354599

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Despite the fact that three quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas, the level of international development aid directed at rural areas has continued to decline over the last decade, particularly in terms of the agricultural sector. In 2001, lending for agricultural projects was the lowest in the World Bank's history. This publication presents the World Bank's new rural development strategy based upon a results oriented approach which stresses practice, implementation, monitoring and empowerment aspects. The strategy seeks to highlight rural development efforts, focusing on the needs of the rural poor, fostering a broad-based economic growth and addressing the impact of global developments on client countries.

Rural Education (1991)
Rural Education (1991)

Author: Deyoung Alan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 1351386379

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Originally published in 1991, essays discuss and analyse rural schooling in its historical, social, and political contexts as well as its educational mission. Collections covering rural education in the United States are relatively rare, particularly texts that focus on available research literature in context, and many existing texts are written by educators outside of the University. This book covers historical and social factors, rural education in the field, and the future of American Schooling. The chapters comprise not only an airing of issues, concerns, and findings, but also a guide to scholarship in the areas covered. Included is a resource guide to information specific to rural education and rural special education.

Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction
Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction

Author: Peter Hazell

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0896296393

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The nature and extent of poverty; How agricultural research can help the poor; On-farm productivity impacts; Impact on Inter-regional migration; Impact on the nonfarm economy; Impact on food prices and diet quality; Targeting agricultural research to benefit the poor; Strategies for pro-poor agricultural research; Research strategies for smallholder farmers, for landless laborers and for more nutritious foods; The role of public research and extension systems.

Participation in Project Preparation
Participation in Project Preparation

Author: Trond Vedeld

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780821349328

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This study analyzes the extent to which the India program is meeting the World Bank's objective of mainstreaming participatory approaches in project preparation and design. It includes ten projects in which participation was an overall project objective. These projects provided "good practice" lessons from a variety of social and natural resource management sectors.