Meet the women and men from rural areas whose thoughts and perspectives were influential in the preparation of the Rural Poverty Report 2011.

China
	Li Guimin: business matters
	Zhang Guobao: "physical strength is our capital"
Egypt
	Ibrahiem Abo Zeid: no jobs for the young
	Nawal Mohamed Khalil: farming, “a miserable life”
Madagascar
	Ranotenie: security through cattle
	Francoise Haova: funeral brings destitution
	Tovoke: "working the sea"
	Randriamahefa: progress through migration
	Manantane Babay: spreading the risk
	Ranaivo Jean Noelson: meeting community needs
	Suzanne Tsovalae: belief in commerce
Pakistan
	Miandad: living on loans
	Rasib Khan: “unemployment is increasing”
	Shazia Bibi: the many costs of illness
	Rawela Jan: small returns from farming
	Muhammad Naveed: we are better off farming”
	Salma Bibi: working collectively
	Javed Iqbal: family comes first
Peru
	Doris Consuelo Sánchez Santillán: supporting women through business
	José del Carmen Portocarrero Santillán: small harvests
	Elsa Espinoza Delgado: promoting youth leadership
	Eliany Portocarrero Novoa: concern for the environment
	Williams Serafin Novoa Lizardo: crops blighted by disease
Senegal
	Safiétou Goudiaby: “the land dries up”
	Bintou Sambou: “marriage is a shelter against poverty”
	Bakary Diédhiou: borrowing money to buy food
	Abdoulaye Badji: farming needs modernizing
	Pascaline Bampoky: “women are good managers”
	Abibatou Goudiaby: “all I know is farming”
	Oumar Diédhiou: education helps farmers