USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Rural and Institutional Development

A broad assessment of rural financial markets is useful prior to funding specific agricultural credit projects. (DEC abstract (PN-AAL-716))

Although the socioeconomic and spatial foci of development projects have been increasingly sharpened, the overall environment in which projects are created and conducted remains complex, diverse, and uncertain. (DEC abstract (PN-AAJ-478))

Farming systems research (FSR) is a "bottom-up" or farm-level approach to the development of small farmer technologies. (DEC abstract (PN-AAK-475))

Governments of developing countries often justify policies mandating low loan and deposit interest rates on the grounds that low-income rural dwellers are unable to save. (DEC abstract (PN-AAM-516))

For a study of the nature and rate of low-cost housing improvement, surveys were conducted in seven cities of varying sizes and environments in six dissimilar developing countries. (DEC abstract (PN-AAM-686))

In light of the rapid growth in small-scale lending (of $500 or less) to businesses by commercial banks and other financial institutions in developing countries, a study was undertaken to investigate the rationale and determinants of… (DEC abstract (PN-AAR-974))

Most income-generation projects for women "misbehave" - that is, their productive objectives evolve into welfare action during implementation. (DEC abstract (PN-AAR-405))

PACR of a project (8/82-12/90) to promote agrarian reform in Honduras by establishing a mechanism for granting fee simple property titles for national lands occupied by small farmers. (DEC abstract (PD-ABF-509))

In an effort to expand the irrigation that is essential for agriculture and economic growth in the Azua valley, the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) in April 1978 initiated the YSURA irrigation project. (DEC abstract (PN-AAW-656))

Summarizes final evaluation of a project (1984-6/94) to resettle 11,000 people displaced by construction of the Manantali Dam in Mali. (DEC abstract (PD-BCJ-791))

Eight case studies of successful applications of appropriate technology are presented to demonstrate that small, low-cost, sustainable solutions benefiting large numbers of people are possible. (DEC abstract (PN-AAS-443))

This paper provides a compendium of information about each village which has one or more irrigated perimeters in Senegal's Department of Bakel. (DEC abstract (PN-ABE-676))

Existing literature on the local institutions which support agricultural development by providing production inputs and by storing, processing, and marketing outputs is reviewed. (DEC abstract (PN-AAS-833))

Two analyses - one of the constraints to the long-term growth of the Tunisian economy, especially its manufacturing sector, the other of the high administrative burden and lack of coherent focus of A.I.D.'s Private Sector Development… (DEC abstract (PN-AAU-439))

In response to increased demand for in situ bio-physical data on agroforestry systems and components, this paper discusses two methodologies for collecting such data. (DEC abstract (PN-ABA-941))

Subproject, part of the project's Large Subproject Program (LSP), to assist the Government of St. Christopher and Nevis (GSCN) in opening the Southeast Peninsula of the island of St. Christopher to physical and economic development. (DEC abstract (PD-AAU-210))

Project to conduct applied cross-country and longitudinal research on land tenure issues in Latin America and the Caribbean and to provide agricultural development officers (ADO's) and host country officials with programmatic information… (DEC abstract (PD-AAU-343))

Poorly designed communications programs frequently impede the transfer of improved agricultural technology to farmers. (DEC abstract (PN-AAZ-360))

Current thinking about sustainable development is characterized by a tendency on the part of development institutions to valorize the intellectual "planning" phase of project design, and to place key personnel in centralized planning… (DEC abstract (PN-ABA-317))

Project to increase access to financial services by those on the fringe of Costa Rica's formal financial market system (households, small entrepreneurs, and farmers). (DEC abstract (PD-ABD-239))

PACR of a project (4/86-6/92) to increase the potable water supply in Central Tunisia. (DEC abstract (PD-ABF-982))

Hand-powered threshing, dehulling, and milling of coarse grains demand hours of female labor in most Senegalese rural households. (DEC abstract (PN-ABC-832))