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Decentralization and rural development: FAO's experiences

Year of publication 1997

Pages 50

Author Paniagua-Ruiz, R.

Category Technical study

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The present report commences by presenting a study carried out by FAO on the risks associated with processes of decentralization. An account is then provided of the valuable knowledge-base and experience which FAO has built up, which places it in a position to propose appropriate ways of responding to such risks. Identification of the latter and of FAO's valuable advantages makes it possible, finally, to put forward a decentralization model based on a methodology of regionalization and different iation and three associated policies: information, training and organization.

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