Working Paper 11: Rural Transitions, Economies and Rural–Urban Links

This work is part of the Agricultural Policy Research Policy in Africa (APRA) Programme

Abstract

APRA’s cross-cutting theme on rural transitions, nonfarm rural economies and rural–urban links intends to address two sets of issues. One concerns the way in which commercialisation of agriculture interacts with the development of the rural non-farm economy (RNFE), the links between rural and urban areas and, indeed, overall processes of economic growth and transformation. It is expected that growth of agriculture and better links between urban and rural areas can create profound transformations of the rural economy. Just how this takes place depends on several factors, including the nature of agricultural growth and commercialisation (Hall et al. 2017), the nature of urbanisation (Gollin, Jedwab and Vollrath 2016, rural location (Wiggins and Proctor 2001), infrastructure (Allen et al. 2015), the scale of towns (Baker 1990), and social relations (Potts 2000).

This work is part of the APRA (Agricultural Policy Research Policy in Africa) Programme

Citation

Wiggins Steve (et al 2018) ‘Rural Transitions, Economies and Rural–Urban Links’ APRA Working Paper 11, Future Agricultures Consortium

Working Paper 11: Rural Transitions, Economies and Rural–Urban Links

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Published 26 March 2018