Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America

The contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction is studied by examining the transformation of five territories in four countries in Asia (Malaysia and People's Republic of China) and Latin America (Brazil and Peru) which have experienced substantial reductions in pove...

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Main Author:	Damiani, Octavio
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9195

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spelling	okr-10986-91952021-04-23T14:02:44Z Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America Damiani, Octavio World Development Report 2008 The contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction is studied by examining the transformation of five territories in four countries in Asia (Malaysia and People's Republic of China) and Latin America (Brazil and Peru) which have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. The study analyzed: 1) the transformation of the five territories, focusing mainly on identifying the dominant strategies that rural households implemented to exit out of poverty; 2i) the relative importance of different assets (human, physical, financial, natural, and social capital) in the successful adoption of exit roads from poverty; 3) analyzed the role of agriculture and other economic activities in rural poor households to exit from poverty; and 4) the role of government interventions. 2012-06-26T15:41:24Z 2012-06-26T15:41:24Z 2006-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9195 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific
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description	The contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction is studied by examining the transformation of five territories in four countries in Asia (Malaysia and People's Republic of China) and Latin America (Brazil and Peru) which have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. The study analyzed: 1) the transformation of the five territories, focusing mainly on identifying the dominant strategies that rural households implemented to exit out of poverty; 2i) the relative importance of different assets (human, physical, financial, natural, and social capital) in the successful adoption of exit roads from poverty; 3) analyzed the role of agriculture and other economic activities in rural poor households to exit from poverty; and 4) the role of government interventions.
author	Damiani, Octavio
author_facet	Damiani, Octavio
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title	Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
title_short	Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
title_full	Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
title_fullStr	Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
title_full_unstemmed	Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
title_sort	rural development from a territorial perspective: case studies in asia and latin america
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America

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