?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6957%2F&rft.title=Village+Dynamics+in+South+Asia&rft.creator=ICRISAT%2C+-&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=The+voices+of+the+poor+are+generally+muted+and%0D%0Ado+not+resonate+in+agricultural+statistics+and+in%0D%0Apolicy+decision+making+because+reliable+and%0D%0Atimely+data+are+not+available+on+consequences%0D%0Aof+change+on+the+rural+poor.+Decisions+made+on%0D%0Aincomplete+information+may+be+quantitatively%0D%0Aaccurate%2C+but+in+terms+of+the+dynamics+of%0D%0Athe+changes%2C+they+are+fuzzy%2C+anecdotal+and%0D%0Afragmented.%0D%0AReducing+poverty+is+a+dynamic+process+that%0D%0Ais+driven+by+individuals%2C+families%2C+firms+and%0D%0Ainstitutions+within+a+changing+technological%2C%0D%0Ainstitutional%2C+socio-economic+and+policy%0D%0Aenvironment.+The+understanding+of+village-level%0D%0Ainformation+and+ground+realities+can+act+as+an%0D%0Aimportant+catalyst+in+accelerating+development.%0D%0AIt+provides+a+working+knowledge+of+the+rural%0D%0Aeconomy%2C+which+can+point+to+ways+in+which+the%0D%0Adevelopment+of+rural+livelihood+pathways+can+be%0D%0Aachieved+at+a+quicker+pace.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6957%2F1%2FVillageDynamicsinSouthASia_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++ICRISAT%2C+-++(2013)+Village+Dynamics+in+South+Asia.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++