Los valiosos ejemplos presentados abarcan una serie de experiencias heterogéneas, desde el uso de tecnología WiFi (comunicación inalámbrica) en el caso de Huaral hasta la comunicación oral en Piura. Desde una red de información nacional con oficinas en regiones y provincias como el SIAG del Ministerio de Agricultura hasta una telecentro comunitario en Cotahuasi.

En este estudio se analizan las políticas públicas para la reducción de la pobreza rural en Bolivia. Se examina en particular la Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo Agropecuario y Rural (ENDAR) que define las acciones centrales del gobierno boliviano en relación al sector rural, incluyendo medidas para la superación de la pobreza rural. Se reconocen los avances pero se resaltan especialmente las limitaciones de la ENDAR para impulsar las capacidades productivas de los productores campesinos y para aliviar la pobreza rural.

En el decenio de 1990 el empleo rural no agrícola (ERNA) y los fac-tores que lo determinan fueron despertando un interés cada vez mayor entre los especialistas en desarrollo rural. Poco a poco, en el discurso político y algunos programas de fomento se fueron incorporando consi-deraciones sobre este tema. La localización es uno de los aspectos mencionados en muchos estudios como un elemento que influye en las características del ERNA, entre las cuales están la magnitud, el tipo, el ingreso generado y los miembros del hogar que participan.

El documento analizar las condiciones la pobreza rural y demostrara que la inversión en el activo del campesinado pobre puede ayudarlo a salir de la pobreza por una multiplicidad de caminos: la emigración, la vía agrícola, la pluriactividad y la vía asistencial.

In today’s China, about 220 million rural migrant workers are on the move – this is more than two thirds of the US population – and their number is set to increase in the course of the country’s urbanisation process. At a rate of 47 percent, still below global average, and against the backdrop of a marked rural-urban divide, urbanisation is not only an effect of rapid economic development, but also forms part of the Chinese government’s economic development strategy.

In rural areas of many developing countries fuelwood constitutes the only energy source – often with negative impacts on humans and the environment. Wise management and modern technology can guarantee a sustainable use of this valuable resource, as some examples from Latin America demonstrate.

Labour migration, primarily to Côte d’Ivoire, masked the high rate of natural population growth in Burkina Faso for many years. However, since a political crisis began in this neighbouring country in late 1999, many Burkinabe have returned home. This posed major challenges, especially for rural areas. In the south of the country, shrewd population policy and appropriate rural development programmes have been e? ective in meeting these challenges.

On November 18th 2010, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolo?, o? cially submitted a communiqué proposing a reorientation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the EU Parliament, the EU Council and the public. What does the proposal imply for global agricultural markets and international food matters? Some re? ections.

The debate about the e? ects of migration is still centred on economic aspects. However, the return of migrants also changes the society and cultures of their country of origin. These changes are particularly pronounced where women have emigrated and return to their communities after several years’ absence.

Zambia’s small-scale farmers are even poorer today than they were 40 years ago. According to the 2010 Human Development Report, Zambia is one of just three nations whose development has fallen behind 1970 levels. And yet Zambia is one of Africa’s “lion states” with annual economic growth rates of more than 5 percent. It is not easy to explain such a contradiction, but a DIE study is drawing closer to ? nding an answer.

More and more young people are leaving the rural areas and migrating to the cities. Although the industrial and the developing nations come from different starting points, such migration ultimately has the same effect on village life and the rural areas everywhere. In the industrial nations the agricultural population is ageing.

Rural development and urbanisation are often seen as competing, but in most cases are intimately linked. It is essential that policies re? ect and support the many positive links between rural and urban areas, enterprises and people. This in turn requires a better understanding of urbanisation processes and the role of small towns.