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Rural Development Research A Foundation for Policy

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Edited by Thomas D. Rowley, David W. Sears, Glenn L. Nelson, J. Norman Reid, and Mervin J. Yetley

ISBN: 0-313-29726-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29726-7

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262 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 3/30/1996

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

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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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