Empowering rural people for their own development

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue S1, 2007, Pages 13-27

  Binswanger, Hans P ^a,b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Community and Enterprise Development Against Stigma ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agricultural profitability; Civil society; Communities; Empowerment; Local and central governments; Rural development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 37349128293     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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