Features of Indian Rural Markets *Large and Scattered market: The rural market of India is large and scattered in the sense that it consists of over 63 crore consumers from 5‚70‚000 villages spread throughout the country. *Major income from agriculture: Nearly 60 % of the rural income is from agriculture. Hence rural prosperity is tied with agricultural prosperity. *Low standard of living: The consumer in the village area do have a low standard of living because of low literacy‚ low per capita
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Aging in a Rural Community Wanda W. Jones Webster University Introduction Living and aging in a rural community has many challenges. The aging of America in rural communities has gone from being the prominent lifestyle of American citizens to approximately a quarter of the country living in rural areas. Because elders prefer to remain in their homes and age in place‚ living in rural communities presents barriers that are not easily overcome. Transportation is a critical component of aging
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Rural Tourism concept and definition for the Oku Sub-Division In current world‚ the rural and its development is considering as a phenomena for new break‚ scene‚ scenery‚ environmental richness and its promotion and increasingly regarded as an imperative element. Historical monuments‚ edifices‚ traditional rural mores‚ customs and the social order are being paid more attention. Universally‚ in some more reachable rural regions‚ there has been incursion of population; often the people are despondent
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which instead face the phenomenon of counter-urbanisation where people choose to move away from the bustling city to the quieter rural environment. Positive impacts (Reasons for urbanisation) Wage and employment differentials Economic advancements are better in the city for migrants due to higher wages and increased number of working days. For example‚ In Dehli‚ rural migrants’ income increase by 150% compared to those in villages. Job opportunities in the city can also be found in the form
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Paper No. 8 POVERTY‚ GROWTH‚ AND INEQUALITY IN THAILAND Anil B. Deolalikar April 2002 Anil Deolalikar is Professor of Economics and of International Studies at the University of Washington. This paper stems from RETA 5923: Pro-poor Growth and Institutional Constraints to Poverty Reduction in DMCs. The views expressed in the paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the Asian Development Bank. 21 ERD Working Paper No. 8 POVERTY‚ GROWTH‚ AND
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study Methodology of the study Theoretical discussion Concept of NGOs Historical background of NOGs in Bangladesh Types of NGOs Functional coverage of NGOs Role of NGOs behind the rural development Advantages and disadvantages Findings Jagorani chakra foundation (JCF) Objectives Working area Programs Programs related rural development Exceptional and successes of JCF Achievements of JCF Concluding remark Subject Page 02 02 02 03 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 10 11 12 13 15 15 16 17 1 INTRODUCTION:
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Project E3 - Sustainable and Integrated Rural Economic Development Summary: Project E3 is a Public‚ Private and Community Partnership Project for creating a sustainable Rural Economic Development Telecentre Network to help grass root youth women farmers and micro businessmen to improve their quality of life through economic inclusion through innovative use of ICT. Project E3 used ICT for effective addressing of rural Telecentre economic problems implementing a local language based e business
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The Problems and Prospects of Rural Development in Bangladesh: A study on some selected geographic area. Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction Bangladesh with its 38% people living below poverty line and 18% living in absolute poverty is suffering from acute rural-urban economic disparity coupled with illiteracy‚ lack of proper health and sanitation facilities. The country’s economy is basically an agrarian one with vast majority living in rural areas. The agriculture sector is unable to provide any
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CLUE Case Study Bharti Airtel Rural Strategy Connected Life Experiences on the Move EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMPANY PROFILE Bharti Airtel Limited is one of Asia’s leading integrated telecom services providers with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. The company is structured into four strategic business units: mobile‚ telemedia‚ enterprise‚ and digital TV. The mobile business offers services in India‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Bangladesh. COMPANY HISTORY Bharti Airtel was established as Bharti
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The rural road is defined as connecting public roads from village to the main road‚ where it will lead them market and access to other economic and social development facilities‚ which are not national and urban roads. Likewise‚ rural roads are communication routes with very low volume of traffic‚ generally 500 vehicles per day‚ whose major function is to provide access to farms and farmland (Gallegoa‚ Moyab‚ Garcıa‚ & Ayugac‚ 2008). Low volume rural roads are developed and maintained by local agencies
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