The cotton economy of Burkina Faso has been characterized by a changing rural environment for farmers since late … standards and rural households’ income while the subjective feeling of wealth has significantly increased. In this paper, I … explore the channels through which the elements of the changing rural environment can bridge the wedge between subjective and …

of land use policies and practices that can be used to mitigate the vulnerability of Tajikistan’s large rural population … that are likely to increase rural family incomes accordingly advocate expansion of smallholder farms, improvement of …

In Israel, rural communities are those with up to 2000 residents, and rural areas include only rural communities. This … paper explores the dependence of rural incomes on nearby urban areas. This dependence is mostly implied by rural-to-urban or … urban-to-rural selective migration (or both). Migration flows can be affected by differential wages, housing costs and other …

Helping to sustain a viable rural sector, rural tourism enjoys public support in many countries. We claim that due to … club-good and agglomeration externalities in the rural accommodation market, public support should be integrated in a …