This paper analyses the role of tertiary education on rural development. Using census data on villages in India for … 2011, we find that skilled workers have had an important impact on rural prosperity. A 1 percentage point rise in the share … literature on structural transformations and contend that such transformations can also happen within rural areas. …

The diversification of economic activities in rural areas is a topical issue and can be a fundamental strategy for the … development of the Romanian rural area, because it can produce a beneficial effect from an economic point of view, by increasing … the income of the rural population.The Romanian rural area is characterized by a weak economic diversification and a major …

other inner territories; -between urban and rural areas, culture and science; that reduced the "quality" of services …, shops, hotels, ets. are built in the capital. In regional centers - fewer shops, hotels, etc. are built. And rural area … given in towns. Services gradually "leave" rural areas - many objects of social infrastructure are closed. The lack of …

This chapter considers the linkages between agricultural development and rural non-farm activities. The chapter is … motivated by growing evidence that non-farm activities provide an increasingly important share of rural incomes in many low … reducing poverty in rural areas, and increased evidence of factor and commodity flows between rural and urban areas …

through socio-economic indicators. The degree of poverty is high in rural areas, determined by both economic and demographic …, social and cultural factors. It is known that incomes are much lower in rural areas than in urban areas, which is evidenced … by the increasing trends in the poverty rate in rural areas, both compared to urban areas and compared to the European …