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Discussion of the problems besetting rural communities as they attempt to develop non-farm production at the same time as ensuring a constant food supply, with examples from India, Sri Lanka, USSR, South Africa, England and Ireland.

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Author:   Shailendra Vyakarnam
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9781853390333

ISBN 10:   185339033
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 December 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 The role of development agencies: promoting entrepreneurship in isolated rural communities - the pacific island experience, John Hailey; promoting rural entreprises - experience of the industrial development bank of India, Brij Mohan; a perspective on India's integrated rural development programme, R S Srivastava; entrepreneurial networking within rural communities - some cases from Ireland's Shannon region, S J Pettitt and K Thompstone; the furture development of farm diversification, G A Hill. Part 2 Rural communities stating their needs : a community-led iniative - the narberth example, A Daniel and Joan Asby; needs assessment of a rural community in the UK, Shailendra Vyakarnam and M McCulllough; the response to non-urban change, M Lemon and A G Naeem; development agencies and community perceptions of development - the Kwazulu experience, M G Lynas and G M Hartzenhberg; Problems and needs of rural entrepreneurs in a Third World country, sri lanka. s Dias. Part 3 Voluntarism in Development: rural non-farm enterprose in the Soviet Union, Malcolm Harper; business in the community, G Pragnell; social entrepreneurship for rural development, T K Mathew; Foster entrepreneurship - and approach to enterprise, promotion for the rural poor; V Mahajan; community entreprise in the Highlands and Islands - into the second decade, J A Watt. Part 4 The way forward: the nature of entrepreneurship and its application in a rural context, Elizabeth Chell; the dynamics of location incentives in backward areas, K Ramachandran; suitability for self-employment in rural areas, N Page and M A P Willmer; an experiment in enterprise development - institutionalizing the memory of CJEDP, Jim Boomgard; comparing rural and urban new firm formation in Wales, Paul Westhead; female petty-entrepreneurs and their multiple roles, T Scarlettt Epstein.

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He is presently the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School and University of Reading.

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