Rural Urbanlinks

Development thickens links between village & town

For farmers

• more market opps, higher prices

• lower costs for inputs, advice, financial services

For rural households

• new opps from towns: commuting, migration, leisure & environmental services

All these effects stimulate RNFE

Maharashtra, India

MSR

TC :

the

lifel

ine

of ru

ral M

ahar

asht

ra

Farm

-> fa

rm

Farm

-> m

iddl

e

Farm

-> ci

ty

Mid

dle

-> fa

rm

Mid

dle

-> m

iddl

e

Mid

dle

-> ci

ty

Tota

l

0.0

200,000.0

400,000.0

600,000.0

800,000.0

1,000,000.0

1,200,000.0

1,400,000.0

1,600,000.0 Annual Consumption, Adult Eq. Tshs

1991/942010

Kage

ra Ta

nzan

ia

Policy

RoadsSecondary

towns: more jobs than metropoles

LED, RTD, industrial clusters + decent.