Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation. And the gulf is widening,...

pt. I. Understanding our current situation -- pt. II. Understanding the key global challenges -- pt. III. Developing a plan for the planet -- pt. IV. Managing a plan for the planet -- pt. V. Delivering a plan for the planet.

This paper investigates the effect of the devolution of power to the village level government on the household-level allocation of poverty alleviation programs drawing upon National Sample Survey data and the Election Commission's election data. First, greater inequality in land-holdings and...

In Greece, there is a fostered policy for the modernization of agricultural holdings. This aims in order at improving productivity and environmental performance within a highly competitive international environment. The main research questions are to find what structural changes are desirable or...

Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of ‘Scent of Prekmurje’, Slovenia