摘要 : This special issue contains 8 papers (in addition to an editorial) written for a Wageningen University-IFPRI conference on development strategies for less favoured areas (LFAs) held in July 2002. The first two papers focus on conc... 展开 This special issue contains 8 papers (in addition to an editorial) written for a Wageningen University-IFPRI conference on development strategies for less favoured areas (LFAs) held in July 2002. The first two papers focus on conceptual issues related to the diversity of rural livelihood systems in LFAs and the challenge to identify community development pathways as a means to enable policy targeting. The next three papers provide empirical evidence from Central America and East Africa on core concepts and characteristics of LFAs and their development potential. The last three papers deal with macroeconomic and other policy interventions for LFAs. 收起