Government intervention in developing countries has often been biased towards the support of urban industries and the urban population. The resulting distortions in exchange rates and in the prices of the factors of production have had serious detrimental effects on rural areas. A gradual...

The Ivory Coast has been the scene of a remarkable economic upsurge since it gained independence in 1960. Agriculture and forestry have been the mainstay of growth. The evolvement of socio-economic structures in the rural areas is outlined in the following article which also discusses aspects of...

The favourable harvest yields of past years in developing countries have in Europe evoked the rumour of a "green revolution". But the problems with which developing countries are confronted have by no means been solved by the, mainly technological, changes. In view of this development it is now...

The growing discussion on questions of environmental management has given rise to consideration of such matters in relation to the economic development of the Third World. Economic development is accompanied by damage and disruption to both the physical and social environment, and the extent to...

The resolution convening the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development which was held in Rome on July 12–20, 1979 called for a "frontal attack on poverty... by a deliberate policy of integrated rural development". The aims and implications of the concept of integrated rural...