brussels briefing 48: steve wiggins "fostering rural-urban links and the implications for the...
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Rural Urbanlinks
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Development thickens links between village & town
For farmers
• more market opps, higher prices
• lower costs for inputs, advice, financial services
For rural households
• new opps from towns: commuting, migration, leisure & environmental services
All these effects stimulate RNFE
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Maharashtra, India
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Policy
RoadsSecondary
towns: more jobs than metropoles
LED, RTD, industrial clusters + decent.