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.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper analyzing trends in public expenditure on rural development, education and health services to satisfy basic needs in Ecuador from 1970 to 1980 - considers the socioeconomic disparities and rural urban disparities in the impact on household income, access...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on human settlement programmes for land settlement in remote rural areas of Latin America - contrasts integrated rural development programmes with frontier colonisation programmes; reviews recent trends in settlement; discusses obstacles facing such development...

Examines the adequacy of existing programmes to offset the adverse effects of structural adjustment, such as the Integrated Rural Development Scheme and the rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Maharashtra, and suggests further policy measures.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the experience of rural animators in animating rural development processes based on the popular participation of poverty-stricken rural workers in Sri Lanka - analyses the participatory rural Animation processes and role of the animators; describes their...