Akin L Mabogunje

This set of volumes is based on a UNCRD study of the impact of national policies and programmes on rural development in eight developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Brazilian phenomenon of rural poverty in the midst of plenty is enigmatic in many ways, but it is true. It is a clear case of mal-development. Brazil is a country of vast natural resources, a part of it still untouched by man. Unlike China and India, it is thinly...