Descriptor
Source
Journal of Rural Studies | 1 |
Publication Type
Information Analyses | 2 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Indonesia | 2 |
Malaysia | 1 |
Morocco | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Yemen | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Tambunan, Tulus – Journal of Rural Studies, 1995
The literature suggests that growth of rural industries in developing nations indicates rural poverty and lack of farm employment rather than rural development. A survey of 115 small producers of various goods in rural West Java (Indonesia) confirms that most are poor, have little education, and undertake production for survival reasons. Contains…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Attainment, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Vandewalle, Diederik – 2000
As exporters of oil in the Middle East and throughout the world, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must address the following challenges in the area of development and economic growth: (1) an increasingly integrated world economy in which technology and knowledge will be paramount; (2) the need to diversify its economy from a natural resource-based…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations