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020 _a0-8213-5459-0
100 _aWorld Bank
245 _aReaching the rural poor: a renewal strategy for rural development
260 _c2003
_bWorld Bank
_aWashington DC
300 _axxx, 174p.
_b25 cm ; Pbk
505 _aDevelopment Context: Why A Strategy Update Is Necessary -- Framework For a Renewed Rural Development Strategy -- Fostering an Enabling Environment for Broad-Based and Sustainable Rural Growth -- Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Competitiveness -- Fostering Non-Farm Economic Growth -- Improving Social Well-Being, Managing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability -- Enhancing Sustainable Management of Natural Resources -- Implementing the Strategy: KeyThrusts and Challenges.
520 _aAnnotation Most of the world's poverty is in rural areas, and will remain so, yet there is a pro-urban bias in most countries' development strategies. This book outlines a holistic and spatial approach that tackles some long-ignored rural development issues.
650 _aRural Economics
_aRural development projects
_aDeveloping countries
_aAgricultural development projects
942 _cBK
999 _c87209
_d87209