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Sustainable rural development entails improving the well-being of rural people in the broadest possible sense. Consistent with the World Bank's vision of a world free of poverty, rural development efforts address quality of life issues that comprise the livelihoods of rural people.

Below is a list of topics in rural development addressed by the World Bank. These topics are also addressed in further depth through the links on the left.

Agricutural Education and Training 

Agricultural Extension 

Agricultural Research 

Agricultural Trade 

Biodiversity 

Climate Change 

Commodity Risk Management 

Community Based Rural Development 

Fisheries and Aquaculture 

Forests and Forestry 

Gender and Rural Development 

Irrigation and Drainage: Water for Food 

Land Policy and Administration 

Land Resources Management 

Livestock and Animal Resources 

Natural Resource Management Institutions 

Producer Organizations 

Rural Finance 

Rural Private Sector Development 

Rural Transport 

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation 

Water Resources Management 




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