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Peer reviewedTambunan, 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
Direct linkChaplin, Hannah; Davidova, Sophia; Gorton, Matthew – Journal of Rural Studies, 2004
Survey evidence from three Central European Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) is analysed to identify the degree of non-agricultural farm diversification and the factors facilitating or impeding it in individual and corporate farms. The effect of diversification on rural job creation and household incomes is investigated. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Development, Rural Areas, Family Income
Peer reviewedGrimes, Seamus – Journal of Rural Studies, 1992
Examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development. Considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. Implies that using IT for rural development may lead to greater decentralization. Describes the Nordic telecottage experiments in which 65 centers for telecommunications were established. (KS)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Decentralization, Economic Development
