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From farm to firm : rural-urban transition in developing countries
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ISBN: 0821386239 9786613134264 1283134268 0821386409 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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The process of rural-urban transformation presents both opportunities and challenges for development. If managed effectively, it can result in growth that benefits everyone; if managed poorly, it can lead to stark welfare disparities and entire regions cut off from the advantages of agglomeration economies. The importance of rural-urban transition has been confirmed by two consecutive World Development Reports: WDR 2008 Agriculture for Development; and WDR 2009 Reshaping Economic Geography. Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, this book picks up where the WDRs left off, investigating


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Creating jobs in Africa's fragile states : are value chains an answer?
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ISBN: 0821397931 0821398326 Year: 2013 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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This book addresses the urgent need for job creation in conflict-affected states in sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that job creation through public works, training, and community-based livelihood often is unsustainable, and argues that efforts to restore local economies through agricultural value chain development is feasible in fragile environments.


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Better a hundred friends than a hundred rubles? Social networks in transition: the Kyrgyz Republic
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ISBN: 0821358987 Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Better a hundred friends than a hundred rubles? : social networks in transition--the Kyrgyz Republic
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ISBN: 0821358987 9786610084234 1280084235 1417526173 Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank,


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Land reform and farm restructuring in transition countries : the experience of Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan
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ISSN: 17265878 ISBN: 082137088X 9786610857814 1280857811 0821370898 Year: 2007 Volume: no. 104 Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank,

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In the past fifteen years, most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have shifted from predominantly collective to more individualized agriculture. These years also have witnessed the largest fall in agricultural production, yields, and rural employment on record, while the deterioration and dissolution of collective and state farms have been accompanied by a significant drop in rural public services. Land Reform and Farm Restructuring provides a structured and comparative review of important aspects of land reform and documents important differenc


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When things fall apart : qualitative studies of poverty in the former Soviet Union
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ISBN: 0821350676 9786610088676 1280088672 0585449481 Year: 2003 Publisher: Washington World Bank

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When things fall apart: qualitative studies of poverty in the former Soviet Union
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ISBN: 0821350676 Year: 2003 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Gender and fragility : ensuring a golden hour
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Year: 2016 Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Fragility Study Group,

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