MSU RURAL DEVELOPMENT WORKING PAPERS


 Carl K. Eicher and Carl Liedholm, Co-editors


 The MSU Rural Development Working Papers series are designed to
further the comparative analysis of rural development in Africa, Latin
America, Asia, and Near East. The papers will report research find-
ings on community development and rural development in historical perspective
as well as on contemporary rural development programs. The series will include
papers on a wide range of topics such as alternative rural development
strategies; off-farm employment and small-scale industry; marketing problems
of small farmers; agricultural extension; interrelationships between technology,
employment and income distribution; and evaluation of rural development
projects. While the papers will convey the research findings of MSU faculty
and visiting scholars, a few papers will be published by researchers and
policy-makers working with MSU scholars on cooperative research and active
programs in the field.


 The papers are aimed at teachers, researchers, policy-makers, donor
agencies, and rural development practitioners. Selected papers will be
translated into French, Spanish, and Arabic. Libraries, individuals, and
institutions may obtain single copies of the MSU papers free of charge and
may request their names be placed on a mailing list for periodic notifications
of published papers by writing to:


 MSU Rural Development Working Papers
 Department of Agricultural Economics
 206 International Center
 Michigan State University
 East Lansing, MI 48824
 U.S.A.