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Structural transformation and rural change revisited : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world /

This book makes a compelling case for reintegrating structural issues into agricultural and rural development policies, which have for the last 30 years over-focused on short-term issues. It shows how the liberalization of agriculture in many late developing countries has not in fact led to the deve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Losch, Bruno
Otros Autores: Fréguin-Gresh, Sandrine, 1977-, White, Eric Thomas, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2012.
Colección:Africa development forum.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the Scene and Selecting the Tools
  • A Disconcerting and Quickly Evolving Global Context
  • Main Objectives and Hypotheses of the Program: Reconnecting the Dots
  • General Design of the Program: Country Case Studies, Regional Surveys, and Collaborative Processes
  • Synopsis of the Book
  • Notes
  • The Challenges of Structural Transformation
  • Regional Differences and Positioning of the RuralStruc Countries
  • Structural Transformation in a Global Open Economy
  • Notes
  • Rural Realities: Agriculture and Poverty
  • The Central Role of Agriculture across Different Regional Settings
  • Widespread Rural Poverty
  • Livelihood Strategies
  • Notes
  • Exploring Off-Farm Diversification and the Rural Nonfarm Economy
  • The Question of Rural Diversification
  • The Reality of the Off-Farm Economy in the Surveyed Regions
  • Off-Farm Diversification and Rural Transformation
  • Notes
  • Searching for New Patterns of On-Farm Specialization
  • The Big Restructuring
  • An Elusive New Agriculture
  • On-Farm Specialization and Rural Transformation
  • Notes
  • From Regional Patterns of Rural Transformation to Policy Guidelines
  • Regional Patterns of Income Diversification and Specialization
  • Policy-Making Guidelines
  • Notes.