Rural economy has an important role in rural sustainable development in every region or country. However, the rural economy in Iran is too much depending on agriculture and development of other rural economy in particular nonfarm activities, has been neglected by Iranian rural communities. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the role of non-farm business on rural sustainable develo...

Using a dataset of 1,700 ages at first marriage for Roman Catholics born in the Groningen Ommelanden (The Netherlands) during the period 1721-1800 explanatory variables for the specific age at marriage have been searched for. The 18 th and early 19 th century Groningen Ommelanden fitted perfectly into Hajnal’s Western European marriage pattern with very high ages at marriage and a high celibacy...

A rather unique panel tracking more than 3300 individuals from households in rural Kagera, Tanzania during 1991/4-2010 shows that about 1 out of 2 individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning out of agriculture into the rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only 1 out of 7 exited poverty by migrating to the big cities, even though those moving to the city experienced on...

How can information technology (IT) impact on rural economy and life of rural India to rural development? What are the channels through which impacts can be realized, and what are the practical means for realizing potential benefits? We cannot make India economy better unless we not understand the importance and strength of economy of rural sector. This paper also highlights that there is wide ...

T he economy of the rural, or nonmetropolitan, Heartland has undergone great change over the past 15 years. Deep recessions in agriculture and energy, restructuring in manufacturing, and the emergence of the service industry are just some of the forces that have reshaped the rural economy of the nation’s midsection. Having shared in this economic transition and now facing a common economic futu...

nowadays, participation plays an important role as an effective approach in achieving a permanent livelihood and establishing a sustainable economic system in rural areas. in fact, the approach of participation creates an appropriate field for the continuity of rural economic systems by providing a proper background of cooperation and establishing an informational flow in different parts of pro...

This study determined the situation of rural tourism and agro-tourism in Tehran Province as well as the expected economic impacts of agro-tourism development on it. In this research, we used documental research method and field research based on questionnaires and face-to-face interview. It was found out that despite different tourist attractions in rural areas of Tehran province, tourist arriv...

The transition to the New Economy accelerated in the last half of the 1990s. Using new economy index measures, one can see that rapid growth in service sector activity from 1990 to 2000, at 45 percent, overshadowed the performance of the nation’s manufacturing sector, at 22 percent (Atkinson and Court). We now live in an economy where 80 percent of all workers do not produce things. Even within...

Rural businesses often face substantial hurdles in participating in today’s economy. Many rural businesses are small and find it difficult to marshal the resources needed to compete in the new digital economy. And remoteness often hinders many rural businesses as they try to gain access to the capital, infrastructure, and technology needed to operate in today’s global and instantaneous marketpl...