1st Edition

Land, Food And Rural Development In North Africa

By M. Riad El-Ghonemy Copyright 1993
    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This study of rural development in six North African nations addresses the issues surrounding poverty and landlessness. Providing an Islamic perspective on policy-making, the author describes the influence of Islam on development in these countries, and stresses the Islamic religious and moral revival as a major factor in policy-making toward reduc

    Preface -- Introduction -- The Conceptual Issues -- A Regional Perspective of Rural Development Problems -- Transformation of the Rural Economy: Algeria and Tunisia -- Contrasting Rural Development Strategy: Morocco and Libya -- Food Insecurity in the Nile Valley: Egypt and Sudan -- Growth and Equity in Rural Development: An Inter-country Comparison -- Challenges and Dilemmas -- Appendixes

    Biography

    University of Oxford, UK