An analysis of the relationship between Third World farmers and the international economy.

This is the first text to focus on the problems and processes involved in organizing, implementing, and managing programs and projects aimed at relieving poverty and underdevelopment in the Third World. During the 1970s there was a shift in development assistance programs toward a greater concern for equity and the basic needs of the poor. The auth

Providing a fresh examination of the nature of Third World development, the author focuses on the characteristics of particular places and regions and their influences on behaviour. This is an important study of the relationship between population movements and regional and national changes.