Rural transformation and late developing countries in a globalizing world : a comparative analysis of rural change : Executive summary (Anglais)

This synthesis report is one of the many outputs of the RuralStruc program on the structural dimensions of liberalization on agriculture and rural development. The last 40 years of world history have witnessed dramatic changes. The population of the planet...  Voir la suite This synthesis report is one of the many outputs of the RuralStruc program on the structural dimensions of liberalization on agriculture and rural development. The last 40 years of world history have witnessed dramatic changes. The population of the planet has grown by 3.2 billion people-a near doubling-and there are now, for the first time, more people living in cities than in rural areas. The emergence of a global open economy, boosted by technological progress and the new international political landscape, has deeply modified the world's development prospects. The RuralStruc program was carried out over a period of five years (2006?2010), during which time the scope and issues of the international debate changed dramatically. Three major issues affected the global debate about agriculture. This challenging contextual background shaped the design of the RuralStruc program, which had three specific objectives: 1) contribute to the analytical knowledge base about structural change and its impacts on agriculture and the rural economy in developing countries, 2) feed and improve international and national debates by promoting and reconnecting these issues, and 3) provide perspectives for policy making. Accordingly the program's motto was 'better understanding for better policy making.'  Réduire