The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1429-1441

  Haggblade, Steven ^a   Hazell, Peter ^b   Reardon, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequality; Non farm; Poverty; Rural

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77956910982     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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