Rural Transformation refers to the change (usually as part of an economy-wide process of structural transformation) of rural areas that are poor and largely based on agriculture to more diversified and prosperous ones. Countries undergoing the process in the 21^st century face a different context than those that did so in the 19^th or 20^th centuries. Competition from foreign suppliers is tough, even in local markets in low income countries. Jobs for young people are scarce. Late-transformers lag, rather than lead, global technical innovation. Migration is risky.

The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) will convene a pre-conference workshop on the topic “Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries as part of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (July 28 – August 2, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada).

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