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Rural-Urban Projects from IIED
Tanzania, Mali, Nigeria, India, Vietnam

	Background

IIED's collaborative research programme on Rural-urban interactions, livelihood strategies and socio-economic was launched in 1996. It seeks to:

improve understanding of how changing rural-urban interactions affect the livelihoods of low-income and vulnerable groups in urban and rural settlements (including developing appropriate methodologies);

support the capacity of local institutions and government to identify the opportunities and constraints for poverty reduction and regional development provided by rural-urban linkages, and act on them;

help develop a dialogue between national and local government to ensure a better integration between national macro-economic and sectoral policies and local initiatives.

				IIED Rural-urban project lessons
				Rural-urban linkages in Tanzania: the role of two intermediate urban centres in the development of their surrounding regions Two case studies explored the role of Himo, a township close to the border with Kenya, in the northern Kilimanjaro region, and that of Lindi, a declining regional centre in the southern part of the country. View Downloadable Documents
				Opportunities and constraints in the peri-urban areas of Bamako and Mopti, Mali Two case studies explore the transformations in the livelihoods of residents in two different peri-urban settlements around the capital city, Bamako, and two peri-urban settlements around the major northern city of Mopti. View Downloadable Documents
				The importance of rural-urban linkages in South-East Nigeria Examines the interactions between the intermediate urban centre of Aba and five smaller centres in its region ranging from medium-sized villages to small towns. View Downloadable Documents
				Farmers’ Markets in Tamil Nadu E xamines the impact of state-sponsored vegetable and fruit Farmers’ Markets on small farmers, headload vegetable vendors and low-income urban residents. View Downloadable Documents
				Rural-urban linkages in Vietnam and their role in poverty reduction and equitable regional growth (on-going project) Three main themes (access to markets for agricultural producers; changing employment patterns; and the impact of migration) are explored in the Red Delta province of Ha Nam. For more information on this project, contact Cecilia Tacoli (Cecilia.tacoli@iied.org) View Working Paper
				For further details on these projects and contact details for individuals involved see http://www.iied.org/HS/themes/Rural-Urbanlinks.html


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