While it is by now well known that the privatization of township- and village-run enterprises (TVREs) has been rapidly and widely taking place in China, it is much less known whether and to what extent privatization has improved resource allocation and productivity. As a first step toward the...

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Sector plays generally major role in the growth and development of our financial system. After autonomy the Government of India emphasizes on the expansion of MSME sector for brisk Industrialization. India accorded high priority to Small and Medium...

Wine industry is one of the industries that has grown and developed the most in the past century. From one modest part of agricultural production, what it was in 19th century, it grew into a key driver of those economies who either have a long tradition and significant heritage, such as France,...

El espacio rural ha sufrido grandes transformaciones en el curso de las últimas décadas, como la disminución de la participación del empleo y el valor agregado agropecuario en el total de la actividad económica, una mayor interdependencia del sector agropecuario con otros sectores como la...

This paper studies the gender-based differences in access to and return from economic activities in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) using panel datasets from Uganda and Ethiopia. The results show that female-headed households have limited access to paid employment and self-employment in the...

This paper studies the gender-based differences in access to and return from economic activities in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) using panel datasets from Uganda and Ethiopia. The results show that female-headed households have limited access to paid employment and self-employment in the...

Khadi constitutes an important segment of the textile sector. Khadi has been defined as any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns. The main objectives of the study are to assess the employment...

Chapter I: Introduction: Context and Methods -- Chapter II: Literature Review on the Rural Nonagricultural/Nonfarm Sector -- Chapter III: Conceptualizing the Rural Nonfarm Sector: A Critique and Reconstruction -- Chapter IV: The Rural Nonagricultural Sector in Less Developed Countries and India:...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2.China’s Agricultural Growth, Technological Change and Consumption -- Chapter 3. The Role of Property Rights in Allocation Efficiency and Inclusive Economic Growth -- Chapter 4. Inclusive Growth of Rural Enterprises and the Role of Institutions -- Chapter 5....

This research paper discusses about the role and functions of the Non-farm sector in the development of Indian economy. Rural non-farm sector (RNFS) has gained momentum especially after liberalization. It is major objective of the limitation agriculture sector in providing gainful employment to...

Introduction -- Village: From natural settlement to administrative organization - Organizational resources of a unit village -- Village-run industry and village unitization - Analysis of ecological resources and policy resources -- Village unitization and community transition -- Risk and risk...

One of the well-known barriers to development is persistence of disadvantage among communities. The lack of occupational and therefore upward social mobility continues to restrain households from achieving socially desirable outcomes. This paper studies the effect of short-term internal...

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural-rural undocumented inter-provincial labor migration during China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is...

One of the well-known barriers to development is persistence of disadvantage among communities. The lack of occupational and therefore upward social mobility continues to restrain households from achieving socially desirable outcomes. This paper studies the effect of short-term internal...

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and fiscal authority to local governments, and the emergence of rural-rural undocumented inter-provincial labor migration during China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is...

In this paper, we investigate the differences in outcomes (earnings and consumption) between individuals (households) who participate in the non-farm sector and those who do not. We use propensity score matching methods, where we create appropriate comparison groups of individuals and...

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....

This book provides a historical economic analysis of two key issues relating to township and village enterprise (TVE) development in China. Firstly, the nature of the evolving relationship between TVEs and local government; in particular how TVE entrepreneurs have used institutionalized power to...

Some observers contend that manufacturing activity in rural areas has been more adversely affected than in urban areas by foreign competition. It is true, of course, that the economies of some rural areas have been devastated by closing of key manufacturing plants. Even if plant closings were...