Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy - Opportunities and Threats in the Developing World : Opportunities and Threats in the Developing World

List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii List of Boxes xvii Foreword xix Acknowledgments xxi PART I Overview 1 Introduction 3 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, PETER B.R. HAZELL, AND THOMAS REARDON 2 Alternative Perceptions of the Rural Nonfarm Economy 25 STEVEN HAGGBLADE 3 Does the Rural Nonfarm Economy Contribute to Poverty Reduction? 55 PETER LANJOUW PART II Dynamics and Linkages 4 Structural Transformation of the Rural Nonfarm Economy 83 PETER B.R. HAZELL, STEVEN HAGGBLADE, AND THOMAS REARDON 5 Enterprise Dynamics in the Rural Nonfarm Economy 99 CARL LIEDHOLM 6 Household Income Diversification into Rural Nonfarm Activities 115 THOMAS REARDON, JULIO BERDEGU CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT, AND KOSTAS STAMOULIS 7 Sectoral Growth Linkages between Agriculture and the Rural Nonfarm Economy 141 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, PETER B.R. HAZELL, AND PAUL A. DOROSH 8 Cities, Towns, and the Rural Nonfarm Economy 183 MITCH RENKOW 9 Global Food Industry Consolidation and Rural Agroindustrialization in Developing Economies 199 THOMAS REARDON 10 The Rural Industrial Transition in East Asia: Influences and Implications 216 KEIJIRO OTSUKA PART III Policies and Programs for Promoting the Rural Nonfarm Economy 11 The Policy and Institutional Environment Affecting the Rural Nonfarm Economy 237 RAISUDDIN AHMED, STEVEN HAGGBLADE, PETER B.R. HAZELL, RICHARD L. MEYER, AND THOMAS REARDON 12 An Overview of Programs for Promoting the Rural Nonfarm Economy 254 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, DONALD C. MEAD, AND RICHARD L. MEYER 13 Contrasting Rural Nonfarm Policies and Performance in China and India: Lessons for the Future 293 ANIT MUKHERJEE AND XIAOBO ZHANG 14 Technology as a Motor of Change in the Rural Nonfarm Economy 322 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, THOMAS REARDON, AND ERIC HYMAN 15 Subsector Supply Chains: Operational Diagnostics for a Complex Rural Economy 352 STEVEN HAGGBLADE PART IV Synthesis 16 Research Perspectives and Prospectives on the Rural Nonfarm Economy 381 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, PETER B.R. HAZELL, AND THOMAS REARDON 17 Strategies for Stimulating Equitable Growth in the Rural Nonfarm Economy 396 STEVEN HAGGBLADE, PETER B.R. HAZELL, AND THOMAS REARDON References 417 Contributors 477 Index 479