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 de

Policy-relevant and up-to-date, Rural Development deals systematically with all aspects of socioeconomic rural development, using India as a case study. The Sec

Despite the fact that three quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas, the level of international development aid directed at rural areas has continued t

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 gen

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