TY - BOOK AU - Chambers, Robert. TI - Rural Development: Putting the Last First AV - HN980 .C49 1987 U1 - 305.56 917 24 CHA PY - 1983/// CY - USA PB - Longman KW - Rural poor -- Developing countries. KW - Rural development. N1 - 5 copies available on shelf no. 1 N2 - Rural Development - Putting the Last First. The central theme of the book is that rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders, those who are not themselves rural and poor. The author contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldwork rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge, or the hidden nature of rural poverty. ER -