Promotion of low-skilled off-farm rural labor market participation can be an important strategy to improve livelihoods and food security of the poor in developing countries. This paper investigates rural farm households' participation in low-skilled off-farm labor markets with disaggregate data from a survey of 400 households in Tigray, the northern highlands of Ethiopia. Adopting Heckman's two...

although in most of the rural development plans, relocation of informal settlements is oftenconsidered as an efficient solution to increase safety of rural communities against natural and man-made disasters,such as, earthquakes, fire hazards, floods, etc. an evaluation of recent experiences in the relocation projects show thatthe relocated community is often unsatisfied with the new residential...

One could not learn swimming without entering into the pool. Same is applicable on the success of any developmental programme. It is doubtful to eliminate the underdevelopment of rural India without the active participation of rural folk and local level administration. After the 73rd Constitutional Amendment; states have started to generate the local level participation and essential infrastruc...

BACKGROUND The Second China National Sample Survey on Disability in 2006 showed that the participation rate of disabled Chinese rural individuals in social medical insurance participation was less than 30%. However, there has been limited number of studies on the influencing factors, especially contextual factors, affecting their participation in social medical insurance. Therefore, this study ...

the purpose of this study was to identify and determine the role of rural women in agricultural activities and to identify factors influencing women's participation in these activities are. research methods - descriptive and analytical survey is used to collect information and library studies. statistical study of 4200 rural women above 15 years of city form and volume samples using the formula...

cooperatives can be considered as suitable means to achieve social and economic development, employment and participation. undoubtedly, rural women's membership in cooperatives can be really useful in the process of rural development. social capital is one of the key determinants of women's participation in different social activities. social capital may act directly through physical ...

the application of qualitative and participatory research methods in rural development studies shows similarities in findings with quantitative methods, as well as possibilities of more depth data analysis. this article is based on research carried out with rural appraisal method and participatory technique. the objective is to gather information on four major issues in women’s studies. the res...

the purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing people participation in rural reclamations plans.the research method was descriptive-correlation and data collected using questionnaire. statistical population of the research comprised 3400 villagers at hoveize county. 246 members was randomly selected using cochran formula and applying random sampling method. validity of the instr...

the general purpose of the present study is to investigate the social and cultural factors related to the participation level of rural women in familial and meta-familial (social, political, economic and cultural) issues. the study is carried out using documental and fieldwork (questionnaire) methods. the theoretical framework of the study is based on pattern variables of parsons and gender str...

any economic development planning of rural regions needs an initial investigation of rural women's role in the production system, hence the purpose of this descriptive- survey study was to investigate rural women's role in animal husbandry activities. the statistical population consisted of all rural families (n=6571) in charuymaq county among which 135 were selected through a multist...