Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Natural Environment -- Chapter 2 The Political and Military Environment -- Chapter 3 The Rural Economy -- Chapter 4 The Seigneury -- Chapter 5 Institutions of Local Governance --...

This report is an output of the technical assistance activity carried out over 2008-2010 to Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), which is the nodal renewable energy agency of Nepal. This study has been designed to establish a monitoring system for AEPC to continually measure the results...

Even a subsistence agricultural economy such as Rwanda needs to develop science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity if it hopes to solve such everyday, practical problems as providing energy and clean drinking water to rural villages, and competing in the global economy by producing and...

Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. A Framework for Understanding the Rural ICT Center Challenge -- A Common Objective -- Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact -- The Rural...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- The Scope of This Study -- The Critical Issues regarding Rural Logistics -- Overview of Recommendations -- I: Overview of Rural Logistics in the People's Republic of China -- A....

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview of the Internet Plus Rural Economy in the People's Republic of China -- 1.1 Characteristics, Challenges, and Trends of the Rural Economy -- 1.2 Internet Development...

During modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. This volume discusses potential developments in urban (and rural) policy and planning which need to...