Rural development international workshop Table of Contents

Rural Development Division

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Gödöllö Hungary
9-15 April 1996

The information contained in this publication - the result of a workshop for young experts in rural development and agrarian reform - offers a unique global view of changes that have taken place in the developing world since the end of the cold war. Through the national and regional case studies that were presented at the workshop, as well as the reports from the workshop's round table discussions, it is possible to develop a greater understanding of the reaction to those changes.

The success of the workshop and the preparation of this publication owe much to the efforts of

Gustavo Gordillo
DIRECTOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (SDA)

Hans Meliczek
TECHNICAL COORDINATOR

Angela Hilmi
WORKSHOP COORDINATOR

and the participation of SDA Service Chiefs, Jim Riddell and Jennie Dey Abbas, and previous-Service Chief, Nadia Forni, and with the assistance of Rina D'Agostino-Bellei and Kristina Hasselman.

SDA also gratefully acknowledges the hospitality extended by the University of Gödöllö, the excellent organization and efficiency of Mr. L. Kulcsár, Professor and Chair, Department of Rural Sociology, and Mr. I. Madarász, Associate Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, as well as the kind support given by the University students.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in the post-cold war era

Overview

Recent political and economic changes
Impact
Outlook, opportunities and challenges
Conclusion

Bibliography

The round tables

Round table 1 - Managing access to natural resources
Round table 2 - Managing institutions
Round table 3 - Managing anti-poverty programmes
Workshop conclusions

Summaries

Agriculture, the countryside and the "Empty Cubbyhole" of development

Times of definitions and changes: The case of Haiti

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Territorial organization of Mongolian pastoral livestock husbandry in the transition to a market economy

Recent land tenure reforms and rural development in Lao P.D.R.

SRISTI initiatives for sustainable agriculture and rural development: a response to Post-cold war

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in the Pacific

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in China, Japan and other rice-based economies of Monsoon Asia

Rural development in Hungary

Entrepreneurship in rural development, background and experiences from Slovenia

Recent changes in agrarian reform and rural development strategies in the Near East

Land reform in post-apartheid South Africa: In transition?

Economic conditions for rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Accounting for customary land and institutional policies: The example of Niger

Post-cold war agrarian reform and rural development strategies in Eastern and Central Africa: Kenya, Uganda

Case studies

Latin America and the Caribbean

Agriculture, the rural environment and the development gap

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Times of definitions and choices: The case of Haiti

Introduction

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Introduction

Asia and Pacific

Territorial organization of Mongolian pastoral livestock husbandry in the transition to a market economy

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Recent land tenure reforms and rural development in Lao P.D.R.

Bibliography

SRISTI initiatives for sustainable agriculture and rural development: A response to post-cold war challenges in India

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in the Pacific

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in China, Japan and other rice-based economies of Monsoon Asia

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Eastern Europe

Rural development in Hungary

Introduction

Entrepreneurship in rural development background and experiences in Slovenia

Introduction

Africa and the Near East

Recent changes in agrarian reform and rural development strategies in the Near East

Introduction
Endnotes

Land reform in post-apartheid South Africa: In transition

Introduction
Bibliography

Economic conditions of rural development in sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction
Endnotes

Accounting for 'customary' land and institutional policies: The example of Niger

Introduction
Endnotes
Bibliography

Agrarian reform and rural development strategies in eastern and central Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Introduction
Bibliography

List of participants

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