Rural poverty in the third world: trends, causes and policy reorientations

Dharam P. Ghai, Eddy. Lee and Samīr Muḥammad. Raḍwān

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper examining rural area poverty trends and causes with a view to strategies for rural development in developing countries - discusses origins of poverty relating to unequal distribution of land ownership and public investment, choice of technology, etc., and considers policy reorientations concerning land reform, agricultural employment and agricultural surplus. References and statistical tables.

Keywords: rural area; poverty; trend; rural development; land ownership; public investment; choice of technology; land reform.; agricultural employment; agricultural surplus.; statistical table; zone rurale; pauvreté; tendance; développement rural; propriété foncière; investissement public; choix de technologie; réforme foncière; emploi agricole; excédent agricole; tableau statistique; zona rural; pobreza; tendencia; desarrollo rural; propiedad de la tierra; inversiones públicas; elección de tecnología; reforma de la tenencia de la tierra; empleo agrícola; excedente agrícola; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70 pages
Date: 1979
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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