The RuralStruc report on rural change in developing countries is presented to the World Bank
15/12/2011 - Snippets
What are the consequences of liberalization and market integration for agriculture in developing countries? What form does the question of structural transformation of these economies take? There are answers to these questions in the report on "Rural transformation and late developing countries in a globalizing world: a comparative analysis ", which is just out. The report is the result of a research programme associating CIRAD and the World Bank. It was recently reviwed by Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank.
"Better understanding for better policy-making " was the motto for the RuralStruc* programme, a joint initiative on the part of the World Bank, French Aid (AFD, the French Ministries of Agriculture and of Foreign Affairs, CIRAD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
RuralStruc served to assess the process of rural transformation in seven countries – Mexico, Nicaragua, Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Kenya and Madagascar. These countries are at different stages in the liberalization and economic integration process . The study consisted in analysing and understanding the consequences of these processes for rural households. To this end, surveys were conducted of no fewer than 8000 households in 26 regions of the seven countries. Analyses on a national level were completed in 2009 and followed by comparative analyses that resulted in the final report.
The report was presented in Washington on 7 December 2011 by Bruno Losch, an economist at CIRAD and programme coordinator , to Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank. Mr Lin reviewed and validated the work and the results obtained.
These results fit in with the new directions being taken by the World Bank, which place the emphasis on structural changes in the agricultural and rural economy, with the launch of several studies of employment, one of the major topics covered by RuralStruc.
* RuralStruc for "Structural Dimensions of Liberalization on Agriculture and Rural Development"
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