Rural Development

Author : Adam Pain,Kjell Hansen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317682042

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Rural Development by Adam Pain,Kjell Hansen Pdf

Rural Development is a textbook that critically examines economic, social and cultural aspects of rural development efforts both in the global north and in the global south. By consistently using examples from the north and the south the book highlights similarities of processes as well as differences in contexts. The authors’ knowledge of Afghanistan and Sweden respectively creates a core for the discussions which are complemented with a wide range of other empirical examples. Rural Development is divided into nine chapters, each with a thematic focus, ranging from concepts and theories through rural livelihoods and natural resources to discussions on policy and processes of change. The book sees rural development as a multi-level, multi-actor and multi-faceted subject area that needs multidisciplinary perspectives both to support it and to analyse it. Throughout the book examples of rural development interventions are discussed using analytical concepts such as power, discourse, consequences and context to grasp rural development as practices that are more than what is presented in policy documents. The book is written in a way that makes it accessible for undergraduates while at the same time caters for the kind of deeper reading used by master students and Ph.D.’s. Every chapter is linked to discussion questions as well as suggested further readings and useful websites.

Author : Kristof Van Assche,Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789086868124

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Rural development by Kristof Van Assche,Anna-Katharina Hornidge Pdf

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.

Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : Practical Action
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Community development
ISBN : 1853398748

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Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development by Ian Scoones Pdf

Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between sustainability and livelihoods are examined, and livelihoods analysis situated within a wider political economy of environmental and agrarian change.

Author : Gary Paul Green
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781006719

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Handbook of Rural Development by Gary Paul Green Pdf

Rural development policies have historically focused primarily on increasing agricultural productivity, but this volume demonstrates the need for a much broader approach as rural producers become increasingly integrated into the global economy. Followi

Author : OECD,Policy Studies Institute
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9264895027

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Rural Development Strategy Review of Ethiopia by OECD,Policy Studies Institute Pdf

Addressing rural development is key for Ethiopia's growth process. A series of government-led structural reforms have contributed to sustained growth in the country over the last two decades as well as to considerable poverty reduction in rural areas. However, Ethiopia faces critical challenges it will need to overcome to meet the needs of a growing rural population. In practice, this will require updating the existing rural development strategy in order to better integrate the interaction of rural and urban areas. Policy approaches that account for the fast urbanisation process experienced in the country will therefore be key to improving the well-being of rural populations and promoting national growth. This report takes a spatial approach to study Ethiopia's rural development strategies. It highlights the need to develop stronger and more functional linkages between rural and urban areas. As such, the development of intermediary cities and small urban centres provides large scope for inclusive rural transformation. The report is the result of rigorous analysis, and extensive consultations with national and international stakeholders. It identifies some of the key challenges faced by rural areas and provides a series of recommendations to enhance Ethiopia's rural development strategies.

Author : Krister Andersson,Gustavo Gordillo,Frank van Laerhoven
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816527016

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Local Governments and Rural Development by Krister Andersson,Gustavo Gordillo,Frank van Laerhoven Pdf

Despite the recent economic upswing in many Latin American countries, rural poverty rates in the region have actually increased during the past two decades. Experts blame excessively centralized public administrations for the lackluster performance of public policy initiatives. In response, decentralization reformshave become a common government strategy for improving public sector performance in rural areas. The effect of these reforms is a topic of considerable debate among government officials, policy scholars, and citizensÕ groups. This book offers a systematic analysis of how local governments and farmer groups in Latin America are actually faring today. Based on interviews with more than 1,200 mayors, local officials, and farmers in 390 municipal territories in four Latin American nations, the authors analyze the ways in which different forms of decentralization affect the governance arrangements for rural development Òon the ground.Ó Their comparative analysis suggests that rural development outcomes are systemically linked to locally negotiated institutional arrangementsÑformal and informalÑbetween government officials, NGOs, and farmer groups that operate in the local sphere. They find that local-government actors contribute to public services that better assist the rural poor when local actors cooperate to develop their own institutional arrangements for participatory planning, horizontal learning, and the joint production of services. This study brings substantive data and empirical analysis to a discussion that has, until now, more often depended on qualitative research in isolated cases. With more than 60 percent of Latin AmericaÕs rural population living in poverty, the results are both timely and crucial.

Author : Kenneth B. Beesley
Publisher : Rural Development Institute
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Land use, Rural
ISBN : 9781895397826

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The Rural-urban Fringe in Canada by Kenneth B. Beesley Pdf

Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317869009

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Rural Development by Robert Chambers Pdf

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge or the hidden nature of rural poverty. This is a challenging book for all concerned with rural development, as practitioners, academics, students or researchers.

Author : Christo Fabricius
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781849772433

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Rights Resources and Rural Development by Christo Fabricius Pdf

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is an approach that offers multiple related benefits: securing rural livelihoods; ensuring careful conservation and management of biodiversity and other resources; and empowering communities to manage these resources sustainably. Recently, however, the CBNRM concept has attracted criticism for failing in its promise of delivering significant local improvements and conserving biodiversity in some contexts. This book identifies the flaws in its application, which often have been swept under the carpet by those involved in the initiatives. The authors analyse them, and propose remedies for specific circumstances based on the lessons learned from CBNRM experience in southern Africa over more than a decade. The result is essential reading for all researchers, observers and practitioners who have focused on CBNRM in sustainable development programmes as a means to overcome poverty and conserve ecosystems in various parts of the globe. It is a vital tool in improving their methods and performance. In addition, academics, students and policy-makers in natural resource management, resource economics, resource governance and rural development will find it a very valuable and instructive resource.

Author : Avi Friedman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780773569089

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Grow Home by Avi Friedman Pdf

With economic restructuring, demographic shifts, and lifestyle changes, the traditional family - working father, stay-at-home mother, two to three children - is no longer the norm and the need for smaller homes at moderate cost has skyrocketed. The first prototype of the Grow Home was built on the campus of McGill University in 1990 and more than one thousand units were built across North America and Europe in the first year alone. In this illustrated guide, Friedman describes the background, conception, and construction of these modest (14" x 36") homes. He details their construction for prospective owners, builders, and architects, showing how past and contemporary precedents have been transformed and how the first versions were adapted by the building industry. Visits to completed Grow Homes shed light on why such homes were purchased and the process by which they "grew." Friedman also shows how the design has been adapted for prefabrication to meet the needs of the developing world. He describes the contribution that small-unit design makes to saving valuable natural resources and shares his experiences in planning communities based on the Grow Home. The Grow Home reveals the development and history of a concept that revolutionizes the home and building industry, has been translated into over 10,000 housing units, and has received, among many accolades, the United Nations World Habitat Award.

Author : Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351628501

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The New Peasantries by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg Pdf

When first published in 2008, The New Peasantries revolutionized our ways of thinking of what constitutes the peasantry and repeasantization. It showed how a new era of empire and globalization was creating new forms of peasantry. This new edition is thoroughly revised, with a reorganization of chapters and several new chapters added. It includes a new chapter on China, based on the author's extensive fieldwork there, and much more information on Brazil. It integrates and critically reviews the many publications on peasants, peasantries and peasant modes of agricultural production published in recent years. The theoretical discussion is enriched with more attention to the seminal work of Chayanov. Greater attention is also paid to the construction of new markets – a theme that will remain a major issue in the coming decade. It combines and integrates different bodies of literature: the rich traditions of peasant studies, development and rural sociology, neo-institutional economics and debates on empire and globalization. The original book has been used in several international postgraduate courses. The experience and feedback thus obtained has been used to simplify the structure of the book and make it more accessible as a textbook for students.

Author : Terry Marsden,Jonathon Murdoch,Philip Lowe,Richard C Munton,Andrew Flynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135371869

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Constructuring The Countryside by Terry Marsden,Jonathon Murdoch,Philip Lowe,Richard C Munton,Andrew Flynn Pdf

The first of a five-volume series, "Restructuring Rural Areas", from the London Countryside Research Centre, this book aims to put the rural domain firmly on the agenda of social science enquiry.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264252271

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Development Centre Studies A New Rural Development Paradigm for the 21st Century A Toolkit for Developing Countries by OECD Pdf

Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation.

Author : Paul Hebinck,Sergio Schneider,Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317753773

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Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets by Paul Hebinck,Sergio Schneider,Jan Douwe van der Ploeg Pdf

This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and multi-level analysis of the dynamics of newly emerging markets. Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets analyses newly constructed markets as nested markets. Although they are specific market segments that are nested in the wider commodity markets for food, they have a different nature, different dynamics, a different redistribution of value added, different prices and different relations between producers and consumers. Nested markets embody distinction viz-a-viz the general markets in which they are embedded. A key aspect of nested markets is that these are constructed in and through social struggles, which in turn positions this book in relation to classic and new institutional economic analyses of markets. These markets emerge as steadily growing parts of the farmer populations are dedicating their time, energy and resources to the design and production of new goods and services that differ from conventional agricultural outputs. The speed and intensity with which this is taking place, and the products and services involved, vary considerably across the world. In large parts of the South, notably Africa, farmers are ‘structurally’ combining farming with other activities. By contrast, in Europe and large parts of Latin America farmers have taken steps to generate new products and services which exist alongside ongoing agricultural production. This book not only discusses the economic rationales and dynamics for these markets, but also their likely futures and the threats and opportunities they face.

Author : André Torre,Stefano Corsi,Michael Steiner,Frédéric Wallet,Hans Westlund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000066999

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Smart Development for Rural Areas by André Torre,Stefano Corsi,Michael Steiner,Frédéric Wallet,Hans Westlund Pdf

This thought-provoking book questions the framework of the Horizon 2020 strategy and the policies of smart development. It aims to answer the following question: Is there any possibility for a policy of smart development and smart specialization in rural and peri-urban areas? Based on detailed analytical studies, empirical and econometric methods, as well as various European case studies, several conclusions are drawn. Smart development policies are well adapted to the developed or intermediate regions containing at the same time rural and urban areas, but do not really function for the more rural or more peripheral regions. The development policies of rural areas must be adapted to their particular characteristics, to the structure of their economies (agriculture, small firms), as well as in their diversity (distant regions, intermediate regions, rural areas near the urban areas). It appears interesting to exploit natural and cultural amenities, to develop the multifunctional character of the agriculture, to promote territorial innovation under all its forms, to favor the synergies between the various uses of land and space, and to develop the knowledge on the ecological, socioeconomic processes, as well as on the mechanisms of territorial governance. These results are very important because they question the validity of the H2020 policy and the smart development and smart specialization policies and their applicability to the whole European area, and not only for the most urban and rich areas. It will be valuable reading for students, researchers and policy-makers in regional development, rural studies, spatial planning and economic geography.