01075pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002300040245010400063260000900167300001400176362000800190520066700198650002300865650001500888773002600903180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRao, G. Gangadhara  aRegional significance and determinants of rural non-farm employment: a micro-level study from India  c2002  ap.142-53.  aApr  aThis paper explores the spectrum of Rural Non-Farm Employment (RNFE) at a very disaggregated level, where the geo-agro base differs a lot.  It brings to sharp focus the variations in RNFE across deltas and uplands and these are much arresting when rural towns are added.  The trend in women employment is rising and if is better than that of State and national levels, but the increasing pattern of RNFE is nearly similar.  In the determinants of RNFE, the agricultural transformation has the major sway over RNFE, the agricultural transformation has the major sway over RNFE.  The other key factors are urbanisation and infrastructural facilities. - Reproduced.  aEmployment - India  aEmployment  aAsian Economic Review