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Rural Development

Putting the Last First

Author : Chambers, R.

Publisher: Longman Scientific & Technical

Place of Publish: United Kingdom

Year: 1983

Page Numbers: 246

Acc. No: 4795

Class No: 339 CHA

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Macroeconomics

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 0-582-64443-7

The book is for people who are concerned with rural poverty and rural development. Some are from rich countries, but the great majorities are professionals in third world countries, working in government departments, voluntary agencies, political parties, commercial organizations, schools, universities, training institutes and research organizations. It is an attempt to speak to both practitioners and academics and to both social scientists and physical and biological scientists, without distinction of profession or discipline. It is about rural poverty and the perceptions, attitudes, learning, ways of thinking and behaviour of professionals. The focus is deliberately limited to rural poverty and to the third world