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Rural Development Research A Foundation for Policy
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Thomas D. Rowley, David W. Sears, Glenn L. Nelson, J. Norman Reid, Mervin J. Yetley
Book Code: GM9726
ISBN: 0-313-29726-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29726-7
262 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/1996
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Economics and Economic History
Series Number: 170
Description: Currently, the research community lacks the capacity to provide the accurate, up-to-date information about conditions and trends in rural areas necessary for effective rural development policy. Bringing together some of the best known rural development researchers, this volume begins to build an information base that can serve as a foundation for rural development policy. It deals with the four "building blocks" of rural development--education, entrepreneurship, physical infrastructure, and social infrastructure. The opening chapters address two aspects of each component--the concept of using that component to achieve rural development and the concept of measuring its impact. The volume then examines analytic methods of measuring impact. Following an overview of analytic methods, chapters apply a different analytic technique to each of the components. The techniques considered include econometric models, computable general equilibrium models, input-output analysis, and the case-study method.
Table of Contents:
  • Tables and Figures
  • Introduction
  • Four Components of Rural Development
  • Education and Rural Development by Kevin T. McNamara and Brady J. Deaton
  • Education Production and Rural Economic Opportunity by Kevin T. McNamara and Brady J. Deaton
  • Entrepreneurship: A Strategy for Rural Development by Frank Hoy
  • The Impact of Entrepreneurship Upon Rural Development by Max S. Wortman, Jr.
  • Developing Rural Economies through Public Infrastructure by William F. Fox
  • The Economic Impacts of Infrastructure Development by Thomas G. Johnson
  • Social Infrastructure and Economic Development by Louis E. Swanson
  • Methods of Evaluation
  • Methods in Rural Development: Policy Analysis by Thomas G. Johnson
  • Policy Analysis with Econometric Models by Glenn L. Nelson
  • Towards Computable General Equilibrium Methods in Rural Economic Development by David S. Kraybill
  • Input-Output Analysis for Rural Development Policy: An Overview and Example of the Impacts of New Highways in Rural South Carolina by Mark Henry
  • Social Infrastructure: The Case Study by Sonya Salamon
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 95-22979
LCC Class: HN90
Dewey Class: 338
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