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Foreword | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
About the Authors | p. xxi |
Abbreviations | p. xxiii |
Overview | p. 1 |
From the WTO Debate to the Food Price Crisis-A Missing Long-Term Vision | p. 2 |
The Research Program | p. 4 |
The Persisting Role of Agriculture and the Extent of Rural Poverty | p. 6 |
Farm Production, Markets, and Differentiation Processes | p. 8 |
Off-Farm Diversification and the Reshaping of the Rural Economy | p. 10 |
The Diversification-Income Relationship and Rural Transformation | p. 13 |
Main Policy Outcomes | p. 15 |
Setting the Scene and Selecting the Tools | p. 23 |
A Disconcerting and Quickly Evolving Global Context | p. 24 |
Main Objectives and Hypotheses of the Program: Reconnecting the Dots | p. 30 |
General Design of the Program: Country Case Studies, Regional Surveys, and Collaborative Processes | p. 34 |
Synopsis of the Book | p. 44 |
Notes | p. 47 |
The Challenges of Structural Transformation | p. 51 |
Regional Differences and Positioning of the RuralStruc Countries | p. 52 |
Structural Transformation in a Global Open Economy | p. 62 |
Notes | p. 72 |
Rural Realities: Agriculture and Poverty | p. 77 |
The Central Role of Agriculture across Different Regional Settings | p. 77 |
Widespread Rural Poverty | p. 83 |
Livelihood Strategies | p. 106 |
Notes | p. 113 |
Exploring Off-Farm Diversification and the Rural Nonfarm Economy | p. 117 |
The Question of Rural Diversification | p. 117 |
The Reality of the Off-Farm Economy in the Surveyed Regions | p. 121 |
Off-Farm Diversification and Rural Transformation | p. 149 |
Notes | p. 152 |
Searching for New Patterns of On-Farm Specialization | p. 157 |
The Big Restructuring | p. 158 |
An Elusive New Agriculture | p. 168 |
On-Farm Specialization and Rural Transformation | p. 191 |
Notes | p. 193 |
From Regional Patterns of Rural Transformation to Policy Guidelines | p. 195 |
Regional Patterns of Income Diversification and Specialization | p. 195 |
Policy-Making Guidelines | p. 220 |
Notes | p. 234 |
Appendix: Country Maps | p. 239 |
Bibliography | p. 247 |
Index | p. 265 |
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