Rural Development

This book adopts a fresh approach to the issue of rural-urban dynamics through a study of the changing nature of livelihoods, mobility and markets in ten study sites across four countries of Africa and Asia...

This book, as a case study of small town China using Hongton County, Shanxi Province as its focus, suggests that outside the larger cities there may be alternative accounts of urban social change and the integration of rural migrant workers and that China's transformation may not necessarily result ..

Wu explores how farmers have organised themselves to initiate technical innovation, and considers communication networks and co-operative mechanisms...

Why have Africans not gained a more dominant position in manufacturing? Vandenberg explores this question through an analysis of the institutions, both formal and informal, that have affected patterns of capital accumulation in Kenya...

Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on persistent rural poverty, hunger and increased inequality in developing countries over the last thirty years. The book furthers the debate with sixteen detailed case studies and looks bey..

Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on persistent rural poverty, hunger and increased inequality in developing countries over the last thirty years. The book furthers the debate with sixteen detailed case studies and looks bey..

This book highlights the experiences of fourteen high poverty communities in the rural South that accepted the invitation to be part of the Turning the Tide on Poverty (Tide) initiative. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Community Development...

This volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia, using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...