Based on a synthesis of research in seven countries, considers how rural saving can be mobilised through co-operative type institutions to reinforce rural development in different politico-economic environments.

Based on a synthesis of research in seven countries, considers how rural saving can be mobilised through co-operative type institutions to reinforce rural development in different politico-economic environments.

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...