Publication

Oct 2007

This briefing paper addresses rural employment in the developing world. The authors explore the working conditions, the rural-urban migration and policies to improve rural employment. The paper suggests four things to be done: to increase growth in agriculture, to invest in rural people, to encourage migration and finally to push for better labor standards.

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Author Priya Deshingkar, Steve Wiggins
Series ODI Briefing Papers
Issue 27
Publisher Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Copyright © 2007 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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