dc.contributor.author	Losch, Bruno
dc.contributor.author	Fréguin-Gresh, Sandrine
dc.contributor.author	White, Eric Thomas
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-25T18:13:02Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-25T18:13:02Z
dc.date.issued	2012-06-18
dc.description.abstract	Structural transformation and rural change revisited challenges for a late developing country in a Globalizing World is an extremely thorough and important contribution to this renewal of structural economics. It significantly improves our understanding of rural economies and structural transformation, and it could not be timelier. With duration of five years (2006-2010), its objective was to analyze the processes of liberalization and economic integration and their impacts on agriculture and the rural sector of developing countries. It also aimed to illustrate the situation of rural economies in terms of income, diversification, and overall transformation. The results obtained make it possible to improve the dialogue between national and international partners and to provide orientations for the agricultural and rural policy debates. Relying on a methodology that articulated micro-data collection with a macro structural perspective, the program conducted extensive fieldwork to investigate livelihood strategies of rural households, and married the results with a thorough understanding of structural change. The book highlights recurring patterns of diversification and specialization along the process of structural transformation. Further, reconnecting with a broader vision, it emphasizes the difficulties faced by late developers, whose economies offer few alternatives for households to diversify. Based on their assessment, the authors draw a series of policy lessons. They rightly point out the importance of states rebuilding their internal capacities to design comprehensive development strategies. These capacities are critical to addressing major constraints, defining priorities, and ensuring adequate sequencing. Above all, they show that for Sub-Saharan Africa, in the coming two decades, a strong reinvestment in agriculture (in addition to seizing opportunities for the development of manufacturing and services) will be the major policy tool for progressively raising income, mitigating risks, and fostering innovation and rural demand, which constitutes the main engine for rural diversification a major step for structural transformation. The authors also stress the role of the state in provisioning public goods, in adequately and carefully designing incentives, and in using the leverage offered by the development of small towns as a critical mechanism for rural change. These are all sensible and useful reminders for the donor community, governments, and local stakeholders, and represent an important contribution to the role of agriculture for development.	en
dc.description.abstract	Dans les régions en développement, les pays les plus pauvres sont confrontés à des défis considérables. Ils doivent affronter simultanément leur transition démographique et leur transition économique dans un monde globalisé tout en tenant compte du changement climatique. S’appuyant sur de nouveaux résultats issus d’enquêtes de terrain (8 000 ménages ruraux dans sept pays d’Afrique et d’Amérique latine), Transformations rurales et développement analyse la situation très particulière de régions encore profondément ancrées dans l’agriculture. L’ouvrage examine la réalité de leur intégration aux marchés globaux et la diversité de leur économie rurale. Il s’intéresse ensuite aux mécanismes de diversification des économies agricoles et aboutit à des recommandations pour faciliter les processus de changement structurel. Les propositions portent sur la nécessité de réinvestir clairement le champ des stratégies de développement, avec des politiques ciblées et des approches régionalisées, sur un appui prioritaire aux agricultures familiales et aux cultures vivrières et, enfin, sur un développement territorial fondé sur la densification des liaisons villes – campagnes grâce à un renforcement des fonctions économiques des petites villes et des bourgs ruraux.	fr
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-9512-7
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-8213-9512-7
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12482
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Africa Development Forum;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	Economic integration
dc.subject	Trade
dc.subject	Foreign direct investments
dc.subject	Energy prices
dc.subject	Interest rates
dc.subject	Inflation
dc.subject	Transport
dc.subject	Tariffs
dc.subject	Economic reform
dc.subject	Market liberalizationaggregate demand
dc.subject	agricultural protection
dc.subject	annual growth
dc.subject	barriers to entry
dc.subject	bonds
dc.subject	business cycle
dc.subject	business cycles
dc.subject	capital flows
dc.subject	capital goods
dc.subject	capital inflows
dc.subject	capital markets
dc.subject	Consumer price index
dc.subject	consumers
dc.subject	CPI
dc.subject	debt
dc.subject	developing countries
dc.subject	developing country
dc.subject	developing regions
dc.subject	developing world
dc.subject	Development Economics
dc.subject	diversification
dc.subject	dividends
dc.subject	Economic Cooperation
dc.subject	economic environment
dc.subject	economic instability
dc.subject	economic integration
dc.subject	exchange rate
dc.subject	exchange rates
dc.subject	export growth
dc.subject	exports
dc.subject	external environment
dc.subject	external factors
dc.subject	financial institutions
dc.subject	financial integration
dc.subject	financial markets
dc.subject	financial sector
dc.subject	financial system
dc.subject	fiscal pressures
dc.subject	Forecasts
dc.subject	Free Trade
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	Generalized System of Preferences
dc.subject	Global conditions
dc.subject	global economy
dc.subject	GNP
dc.subject	gross debt
dc.subject	Gross domestic product
dc.subject	growth performance
dc.subject	growth prospects
dc.subject	growth rates
dc.subject	High inflation
dc.subject	high premium
dc.subject	high unemployment
dc.subject	imports
dc.subject	income
dc.subject	income growth
dc.subject	industrial countries
dc.subject	inflation
dc.subject	inflation performance
dc.subject	inflation rates
dc.subject	interest rates
dc.subject	international experience
dc.subject	international markets
dc.subject	international trade
dc.subject	inventories
dc.subject	investment rates
dc.subject	labor costs
dc.subject	labor force
dc.subject	labor market
dc.subject	local currency
dc.subject	low inflation
dc.subject	low interest rates
dc.subject	low-income countries
dc.subject	macroeconomic policies
dc.subject	macroeconomic stability
dc.subject	market prices
dc.subject	middle-income countries
dc.subject	monetary policies
dc.subject	monetary policy
dc.subject	national accounts
dc.subject	Non-OECD countries
dc.subject	oil
dc.subject	oil exporters
dc.subject	oil prices
dc.subject	OPEC
dc.subject	open economies
dc.subject	output growth
dc.subject	per capita incomes
dc.subject	Policy reforms
dc.subject	potential output
dc.subject	primary commodities
dc.subject	primary products
dc.subject	private sector
dc.subject	producers
dc.subject	product markets
dc.subject	production costs
dc.subject	production processes
dc.subject	productivity
dc.subject	Purchasing power
dc.subject	Purchasing power parity
dc.subject	Real GDP
dc.subject	Real interest
dc.subject	Real interest rates
dc.subject	recession
dc.subject	recessions
dc.subject	regulatory framework
dc.subject	resource allocation
dc.subject	savings
dc.subject	short-term interest rates
dc.subject	structural unemployment
dc.subject	technology transfer
dc.subject	telecommunications
dc.subject	trade barriers
dc.subject	trade liberalization
dc.subject	trade policies
dc.subject	trade volumes
dc.subject	transition economies
dc.subject	Treasury bills
dc.subject	unemployment
dc.subject	Uruguay Round
dc.subject	world economy
dc.subject	World Trade Organization
dc.subject	WTO
dc.title	Structural Transformation and Rural Change Revisited : Challenges for Late Developing Countries in a Globalizing World	en
dc.title	Transformations rurales et développement : Les défis du changement structurel dans un monde globalisé	fr
dc.title.alternative	Transformations rurales et développement : les défis du changement structurel dans un monde globalisé	fr
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2012-07-11
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Environment and Natural Resources
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-9512-7
okr.identifier.report	70985
okr.language.supported	en
okr.language.supported	fr
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640031468192247232/pdf/709850PUB0FREN0UBLIC00December42013.pdf	fr
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.geographical	Africa
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Macroeconomic Management
okr.topic	Rural Development
okr.topic	Agriculture
okr.txturl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640031468192247232/text/709850PUB0FREN0UBLIC00December42013.txt	fr
okr.unit	Africa Sustainable Dev Fr. Office (AFTSN); Office of the Publisher (EXTOP)

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