Structural transformation and rural change revisited: challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world Losch, Bruno

This final report was prepared by Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh and Eric White (World Bank), with contributions of Thierry Giordano and Jean-Francois Belieres (Cirad). It was peer-reviewed by Derek Byerlee, Don Larson (World Bank), and Andreव Pouilles-Duplaix (AFD). The report draws extensively on two sets of seven country reports and data work developed by the national teams during the two phases of the RuralStruc Program

This book makes a compelling case for reintegrating structural issues into agricultural and rural development policies, which have for the last 30 years over-focused on short-term issues. It shows how the liberalization of agriculture in many late developing countries has not in fact led to the development of the vibrant rural non-farm economy so often discussed in the literature.