How relevant are the classic theories of agrarian change in the contemporary context? This volume explores this question by focusing upon the defining features of agrarian transformation in the 21st century: the financialization of food and agriculture, the blurring of rural and urban...

Two thirds of the Fund's current projects have a rural finance component; about 21% of the Fund's resources are dedicated to rural finance.2 Most of IFAD's target group are small producers engaged in agric ultural and non-agricultural activities in areas of widely varying potential. Direct...

Part I. Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Islamic Finance -- 1. Introduction; Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali, Khalifa Mohamed Ali and Muhammad Khaleequzzaman -- 2. Empowering the Poor and Enhancing Financial Inclusion from a Multi-dimensional Perspective; Hazik Mohamed -- 3. Causes of Income...