Scopus - Social Indicators Research: Productivity indicators for the rural poor in developing countries


					1 of 5

Social Indicators Research
Volume 80, Issue 3, February 2007, Pages 535-553

Cited By since 1996

This article has been cited 0 times in Scopus.

Inform me when this document is cited in Scopus:

E-mail Alert

Cited By - Web Sources


			Retrieving citations...

Cited By - Patents


			Retrieving citations...

DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0006-y
Document Type: Article

View references (14)

Productivity indicators for the rural poor in developing countries

James, J.

Department of Economics, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

Abstract

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals will necessarily require a heavy focus on rural areas, where most of the world's poor are to be found. More specifically, policy will need to raise the productivity of this group, which includes farmers, wage labourers and those suffering from disease and malnutrition. Yet, at present, no index exists which can assess countries on the basis of technological indicators that bear heavily on the productivity of the rural poor. A wide variety of unresolved problems notwithstanding, this paper constitutes the first attempt to construct an index that is designed specifically to assist those who are concerned with rural-specific policies towards meeting the MDGs. © Springer 2006.

Author Keywords

Aggregation bias in data collection; Cross-country rankings; Index of technological indicators; Millennium Development Goals; Outliers; Productivity of the rural poor

References (14)

Select: Page

Archibugi, D., Coco, A.
A new indicator of technological capabilities for developed and developing countries (ArCo)
(2004) World Development, 32 (4), pp. 629-654. Cited 8 times.
doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.10.008

Archibugi, D., Coco, A.
'Measuring technological capabilities at the country level. A comparison among different approaches'
(2004)
mimeo

Eastwood, R., Lipton, M.
(2000) 'Rural-urban Dimensions of Inequality Change'. Cited 8 times.
Discussion Paper in Economics 65, University of Sussex

James, J.
'Measuring technological capabilities across countries: From developed-country bias to rural poverty and the Millennium Development Goals'
(2005)
mimeo

Lakin, M., Gasperini, L.
'Basic education in rural areas: Status, issues, and prospects'
(2003) Education for Rural Development: Towards New Policy Responses. Cited 2 times.
in D. Atchoarena and L. Gasperini (eds.) FAO/UNESCO

Lipton, M.
(1977) Why Poor People Stay Poor. Cited 211 times.
(Temple Smith, London)

Pinstrup-Andersen, P.
(2005) Statement
(nd). available from (accessed 17 March)
http://www.pipra.org/andersen-statementphp

Ruttan, V.
(2001) Technology, Growth and Development. Cited 53 times.
(Oxford University Press, New York)

Sen, A.
(1985) Commodities and Capabilities. Cited 377 times.
(North-Holland, Amsterdam)

10.

Streeten, P.
(1977) First Things First. Cited 73 times.
(Oxford University Press, New York)

11.

Szirmai, A.
(2005) The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge)

12.

Education for Sustainable Development
(2002) United Nations Decade 2005-2014
UNESCO:

13.

(2001) Human Development Report. Cited 64 times.
UNDP

14.

(1994) World Development Report. Cited 241 times.
World Bank

Social Indicators Research
Volume 80, Issue 3, February 2007, Pages 535-553


					1 of 5