Beyond the City: The Rural Contribution to Development

David de Ferranti, Guillermo E. Perry, William Foster, Daniel Lederman and Alberto Valdés

No 7328 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Beyond the City evaluates the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation in the rest of the economy, as well as in the rural space. This title brings together new theoretical and empirical treatments of the links between rural and national development. New findings and are combined with existing literature to enhance our understanding of the how rural economic activities contribute to various aspects of national development. The study is based on original research funded by the World Bank's Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Of particular relevance is the interaction between agricultural and territorial development issues. The empirical findings also make substantial contributions to the debate over the appropriate design of public policies aiming to enhance the rural contribution to national development, including economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, and macroeconomic stability.

Keywords: Economic Theory and Research Agriculture-Agricultural Research Environmental Economics and Policies Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems Health Economics and Finance Health; Nutrition and Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8213-6097-2
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (51)

Downloads: (external link)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/e68 ... 480e2aed431/download (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:7328

Access Statistics for this book

More books in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20433. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tal Ayalon ().