TY - BOOK ID - 11266582 TI - Structural transformation and rural change revisited : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world AU - Losch, Bruno. AU - FreĢguin-Gresh, Sandrine AU - White, Eric Thomas PY - 2012 SN - 0821395122 9786613802224 0821395130 1282108875 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries. KW - Developing countries -- Economic conditions. KW - Economic development -- Developing countries. KW - Rural development -- Developing countries. KW - Agriculture KW - Rural development KW - Economic development KW - Business & Economics KW - Agricultural Economics KW - Economic aspects KW - Developing countries KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11266582 AB - This book makes a compelling case for reintegrating structural issues into agricultural and rural development policies, which have for the last 30 years over-focused on short-term issues. It shows how the liberalization of agriculture in many late developing countries has not in fact led to the development of the vibrant rural non-farm economy so often discussed in the literature. Neither has it led to a large-scale integration of agricultural producers into the global economy. Most producers remain engaged in traditional crops-mainly staples-and in traditional marketing systems characterized ER -