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The development of non-farm jobs in rural areas leads to more stable growth of the overall economy. The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Seminar on Non-farm Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas had the following objectives: (1) to review the present situation of non-farm employment opportunities in rural areas; and (2) to identify major issues/problems in promoting rural non-farm employment and suggest measures for further generating such kind of employment. Papers from 17 APO member countries examined issues in and methods to promote the development of agro-industries, rural-urban linkages, and non-farm enterprises in the countryside.

Country paper presenters were asked to: (1) discuss recent trends of non-farm employment in their country; (2) present major issues and problems that concern rural employment generation; and (3) cite measures for promoting rural non-farm employment.

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The contents are as follows: Part I: seminar highlights; Part II: resource papers, featuring the following: Policies and measures for promoting rural non-farm employment / Jung-Sup Choi; Enhancing rural non-farm opportunities through agro-industries and rural urban linkages / Nerlita M. Manalili; Rural industrialization: the Philippine experience / Zenaida Cuison Maglaya; Promoting rural non-farm enterprises for employment generation and rural development / Tongroj Onchan; Part III: country papers, featuring: Republic of China / Biing-Wen Huang; Fiji / Joape Kaitani Waqabaca; India (1) / Manoj Saxena; India (2) / Pukhrem Sharat Chandra Singh; Indonesia / Iroh Baroroh; Islamic Republic of Iran / Houman Habibi Parsa; Republic of Korea / Jin Kyo Suh; Mongolia / Budsuren Tumendemberel; Nepal / Indra Bahadur Thapa; Pakistan / Abdul Sattar Khokhar; Philippines (1) / Myrah H. Atregenio; Philippines (2) / Corazon C. Quiambao; Sri Lanka / P. D. Jayaratna; Thailand / Paiboon Booranasanti; Republic of Maldives / Ibrahim Rasheed; Myanmar / Daw Naw Jenny Loo; Lao People's Democratic Republic / Somchay Heuangsavath; Part IV: appendices, containing: List of participants, resource speakers, and secretariat; Program of activities. Show less