More than half the reports make the point that integrated rural development provides an appropriate framework for implementing cooperation policies.

Rural and agricultural development

Integrating gender principles in all of the MDGs.

Rural development and agriculture

Thaksin s rural development policies were clearly welcomed by people who, for the first time, felt connected to the leaders they had elected.

Viable and integrated development of rural areas

Rural development increasing food output and incomes

Rural Development (Laos) total village development managing and monitoring weaving materials bank and cattle bank.

Economic development Association of Women Shopkeepers and Traders of the Niger Action for Integrated Rural Developments and Support for social and economic activities of rural women, among others

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

Rural development program is embedded in the targeted interventions pillar of the strategy.

(a) Report of the Secretary General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (E 2005 60)

In order to improve rural infrastructure and standard of life the Rural Development and Agricultural Market Regulation Act provides for various state benefits to support people living in rural areas.

Agriculture was the backbone of Ethiopia's economy, and its development strategy centred on rural and agricultural development.

The UNDP programme for rural and economic development involved investments of some 5 million in new projects for land reclamation and integrated rural development.

These factories become the focal point of rural development in the area of operation.

The importance of having policies to further sustainable development was emphasized.

The regional commissions are also aware of the information needs for promoting successful rural development and an entrepreneurial base in rural communities.

Participation of NGOs and Civil Society in the development of National Development policies

Successful trade reform was essential for successful reform of development policies.

Typically, development experts regard migration as a sign of failure if development policies work, people should not want to move.

7. Also encourages Governments to integrate mountain sustainable development in national, regional and global policymaking and development strategies, including through incorporating mountain specific requirements in sustainable development policies or through specific mountain policies

We are strengthening the export sector, promoting investments to create jobs and speeding up rural economic development.

Rural Development (Laos) establishing and managing weaving materials bank and cattle bank supplying electric equipment.

However, it needed to be supported by a microcredit system focused on rural and agricultural development.

Other goals International development also aims to improve general government policies of these developing countries.

The resulting Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) articulates a comprehensive framework including policies for rural development, gender issues, employment and the environment.

Given that 70 per cent of people in extreme poverty live in rural areas, renewed focus should be placed on rural and agricultural development.

Both sides will also discuss victims rights, rural development and the participation of FARC in Colombia s democratic process.

Rural women's participation in preparing and implementing development plans at all levels can be seen in the following facts

Nonetheless, much of the development policy community remains stuck in the distant past.

Income earned from these gains could be reinvested in local development with appropriate policies.

Development policies should therefore be supportive of growth, poverty reduction and the creation of decent work for all.

Kwesi Botchwey (Ghana) is Founder and Executive Chairman of the African Development Policy Ownership Initiative.

This patronizing view conveniently ignores the fact that in the last four elections, Thaksin and his allies won by lopsided margins. Thaksin s rural development policies were clearly welcomed by people who, for the first time, felt connected to the leaders they had elected.

The purpose of the Rural Development Foundation is to help agricultural producers and other enterprises in rural areas by granting them additional securities to obtain loans from credit institutions for developing economic activities and purchasing of land.

Promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for poverty eradication and sustainable development

Finally, farmers rights need to be protected, the efficiency of land use must be increased, and policies for acquisition of rural land for urban use should be overhauled.

Regional development policies to promote so called equitable growth are not a solution, for two reasons.

Finally, policies to ensure sustainable development and prevent the overexploitation of natural resources are urgently needed.

The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the Twenty First Century (REN21) estimates that there are tens of millions of rural households served by renewable energy around the globe.

For the biennium 2008 2009, it was decided that CSD sessions should focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought and desertification.

Efforts to narrow the gap between rural and urban development and proposals concerning self employment were also frequently cited.

However, the many development projects in place were targeted at rural areas, because the majority of the population lived in those areas and because studies had revealed that there was the greatest need for intervention in the rural areas.

The ADB s earlier policies were based on broad based growth, good governance, and social development.