Reasons for Hope

Reasons for Hope
Author: Anirudh Krishna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

* Eighteen inspirational rural development success stories * Covers Africa, Asia, and Latin America In the personal words of international development initiators, Reasons for Hope tells true stories of what can be done to improve the lives of those in rural communities. Read individually for specific guidance, or collectively for cumulative advice on how to promote the most desirable forms of rural development, these stories offer a timely and crucial message concerning the plight of the rural poor.

Rural Geography

Rural Geography
Author: Michael Woods
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2005-01-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780761947615

An introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world, 'Rural Geography' examines the social and economic processes at work in the contemporary countryside.

Reasons for Success

Reasons for Success
Author: Norman Thomas Uphoff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Agricultural development projects
ISBN: 9781565490772

* The indispensable follow-up to Reasons for Hope * Recommends action to improve rural living standards From an outside perspective that contrasts the personal, firsthand views of the first text, the authors impart critical, dynamic ideas for improving the lives of those in rural communities. They contend that real progress depends less on money alone, and more upon passionate ideas, acting on those ideas through leadership, and implementing appropriate methods for change.

Agricultural Development Policy

Agricultural Development Policy
Author: Roger D. Norton
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251048757

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Amenities and Rural Development

Amenities and Rural Development
Author: Gary P. Green
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781845428075

While many rural areas continue to experience depopulation and economic decline, others are facing rapid in migration, as well as employment and income growth. Much of this growth is due to the presence and use of amenity resources, broadly defined as qualities of a region that make it an attractive place to live and work. Rather than extracting natural resources for external markets, these communities have begun to build economies based on promoting environmental quality. Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions.

Rural development

Rural development
Author: Kristof Van Assche
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2023-09-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9086868126

This book offers a unique perspective on rural development, by discussing the most influential perspectives and rendering their risks and benefits visible. The authors do not present a silver bullet. Rather, they give students, researchers, community leaders, politicians, concerned citizens and development organizations the conceptual tools to understand how things are organized now, which development path has already been taken, and how things could possibly move in a different direction. Van Assche and Hornidge pay special attention to the different roles of knowledge in rural development, both expert knowledge in various guises and local knowledge. Crafting development strategies requires understanding how new knowledge can fit in and work out in governance. Drawing on experiences in five continents, the authors develop a theoretical framework which elucidates how modes of governance and rural development are inextricably tied. A community is much better placed to choose direction, when it understands these ties.

Rural Sustainable Development in America

Rural Sustainable Development in America
Author: Ivonne Audirac
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1997-04-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471152330

Ob in Europa oder Nordamerika - ländliche Gemeinden kämpfen in den Industriestaaten überall mit ähnlichen Problemen: Der Niedergang der landwirtschaftlichen Familienbetriebe durch technologieintensive Bewirtschaftung führt zur Abwanderung der Bevölkerung in die Städte. In diesem Buch findet nicht nur der Politiker oder Städteplaner Anregungen, wie die Attraktivität der Kleinstädte wieder gesteigert werden kann. Ausführlich werden spezielle Aspekte von Vorstädten und Nahtzonen zwischen Großstadt und Land diskutiert.

Rural Development Theory and Practice

Rural Development Theory and Practice
Author: Ruth McAreavey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1135907145

Rural development is inherently viewed as a positive thing; it is seen as something that brings together groups of individuals with automatic positive implications and outcomes. Policy rhetoric frequently uses popular terms such as involvement, participation and power sharing to describe rural development activities. However, the reality of experience on the ground does not necessarily concur with these ideals. It is not always clear who ultimately benefits from rural development: the State, the community or rural development practitioners. This book critically analyses key concepts associated with rural development policy and practice, and using the concepts of power and micro-politics to analyze rhetoric and reality, reveals the intricacies of rural development. Challenging popular ideals associated with rural development, this book presents the notion of rural development less as a spontaneous, all-inclusive affair and more as a limited, controlled and exclusive process. Ultimately it contends that within structures of rural governance, a regeneration power elite predominates development and regeneration activities.

Rural Development in Bangladesh

Rural Development in Bangladesh
Author: Md. Abdul Quddus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1993
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Papers presented at an International Seminar on Rural Development in Bangladesh, 15-17 January 1992 held at BARD, Comilla.