Description: Reaching the Rural Poor : A Renewed Strategy for Rural Development

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Reaching the Rural Poor : A Renewed Strategy for Rural Development

"From Vision to Action", the Bank's previous rural development strategy launched in 1997, had a decisive influence on global thinking - but disappointing results on the ground. In 2001, lending for agricultural projects was the lowes...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADB AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BANK LENDING CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK CONSUMER CHOICE CROP YIELDS DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISSEMINATION DIVERSIFICATION DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPORTS FARMER FARMERS FARMING SYSTEMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL RISK FOOD CHAIN FOOD CROP FOOD POLICY FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUMMIT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUTURE GROWTH GDP GENDER EQUITY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POLICY GOOD GOVERNANCE GRAIN MARKETING GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH PROBLEMS HIV HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IMPORT QUOTAS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME GENERATION INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IRRIGATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET FAILURES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PESTICIDES POLICY CHANGE POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARMERS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS POST-HARVEST LOSSES POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PROFIT MARGINS PROGRESS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL REGIONAL ACTION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REGULATORY SYSTEMS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DWELLERS RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCIAL SERVICES RURAL GROWTH RURAL INCOMES RURAL INHABITANTS RURAL INVESTMENT RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL PRODUCERS RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL SECTORS RURAL STRATEGY RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NETS SANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SMALL FARMERS SMALL LOANS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/7036682/reaching-rural-poor-renewed-strategy-rural-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14084

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Summary:	"From Vision to Action", the Bank's previous rural development strategy launched in 1997, had a decisive influence on global thinking - but disappointing results on the ground. In 2001, lending for agricultural projects was the lowest in the Bank's history. The new strategy is results oriented: "Reaching the Rural Poor" stresses practice, implementation, monitoring, and empowerment of the people it is designed to help. This strategy responds to changes in: the global environment; in client countries; and, in the Bank, starting with the development of regional action plans, and extensive consultations at the regional level. It also reflects, and reinforces the Bank's commitment to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals to increase rural incomes, and broaden opportunities for rural people. The key features of this strategy are to: focus on the rural poor; foster broad-based economic growth; address rural areas comprehensively; forge alliances of all stakeholders; and, address the impact of global developments on client countries. In this capacity, support for better agricultural, and trade policies, should be achieved through increased advocacy for trade liberalization, by mainstreaming agricultural trade liberalization, and trade-capacity development in the Bank's country assistance, and operations; and, by facilitating capacity building through technical assistance in the areas of standards, and sanitary and phytosanitary regulations.