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| Dercon, Stefan; Hoddinott, John. |
| Rural and urban spaces are usually regarded as “separate” in both development theory and practice. Yet there are myriad links between them. Urban areas, including regional urban centers such as local market towns, provide households with new opportunities to sell goods and services. These opportunities increase household income by employing previously unemployed household resources or because households reallocate household resources so as to take advantage of new, more profitable activities. Links to market towns improve the prices received by rural households because households can benefit from increased demand for their goods or because the larger market is better able to absorb production from rural areas without causing prices to decline. These links... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Livelihoods; Transport; Poverty; Rural-urban linkages; Ethiopia; International Development; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59596 |
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| Thanh, Hoang Xuan; Anh, Dang Nguyen; Tacoli, Cecilia. |
| With high population density and limited land availability, Vietnam’s Red River Delta is undergoing a major transformation as its economic base moves away from subsistence farming towards intensive, high-value food production for export and local urban markets, and nonfarm employment. This paper describes the changing livelihoods of the residents of two villages that represent two different pathways to local economic development. One village relies primarily on agricultural intensification and diversification, although in combination with nonfarm activities. These nonfarm activities are either supplementary (such as handicraft production and seasonal migration) or related to farming, such as provision of agricultural services, transport and trade of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Migration; Diversification; Poverty; Rural-urban linkages; Vietnam; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59595 |
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