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020			_a9780195697308
082			_a330.91734 TRA
100			_aHaggblade, Steven (ed.)
245		0	_aTransforming the rural nonfarm economy
260			_aDelhi
260			_bOxford University Press
260			_c2007
300			_a490 p.
365			_b895
365			_dRS
520			_aThe rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) plays an important role in the economic. transformation of developing countries. While "nonfarm" describes what this sector is not, it actually is a vibrant, often fast-growing, small-scale service and manufacturing sector that holds much promise for pro-poor rural and agricul tural transformation. Though it may start as a relatively minor sector in the early stages of development, the RNFE eventually becomes a key contributor to eco nomic growth. Because of the sector's small scale, its low capital requirements, and its seasonality and amenability to home-based activity, growth in the RNFE has important implications for employment growth and the welfare of women and poor households. Since the green revolution first sparked rapid rural nonfarm growth across broad swaths of Asia and Latin America, the RNFE has attracted considerable interest and study. IFPRI itself undertook a significant program of research dur ing the 1980s on farm-nonfarm growth linkages research that contributed to an understanding of how agricultural growth can be used to leverage larger in come and employment multipliers within the RNFE. Likewise, the World Bank has commissioned a stream of analytical and synthesis work during the past 25 years on the nonfarm dimensions of rural development.
650			_aRural economy
700			_aHazell, B.R. (ed.)
700			_aReardon, Thomas (ed.)
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