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| Zezza, Alberto; Winters, Paul C.; Davis, Benjamin; Carletto, Calogero; Covarrubias, Katia; Quinones, Esteban; Stamoulis, Kostas G.; Di Giuseppe, Stefania. |
| Agriculture is at the core of the livelihoods of a large share of rural households throughout the developing world. Agricultural growth is a major engine for overall economic growth and possibly the single most important pathway out of poverty in the rural space. This paper characterizes household access to assets and agrarian institutions of households engaged in agricultural activities in a sample of developing countries. The evidence presented in the paper draws from 15 nationally representative household surveys from four regions of the developing world. We find that the access of rural households to a range of agricultural-specific assets (including land and livestock) and institutions is in general low, though highly heterogeneous across countries,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural non farm; Assets; Agrarian institutions; Household surveys; Consumer/Household Economics; O13; O57; Q12. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7925 |
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| Davis, Benjamin; Covarrubias, Katia; Stamoulis, Kostas G.; Winters, Paul C.; Carletto, Calogero; Quinones, Esteban; Zezza, Alberto; Di Giuseppe, Stefania. |
| This paper uses a newly constructed cross country database composed of comparable variables and aggregates from household surveys to examine the full range of income generating activities carried out by rural households in order to determine: 1) the relative importance of the gamut of income generating activities in general and across wealth categories; 2), the relative importance of diversification versus specialization at the household level; and 3) the influence of rural income generating activities on poverty and inequality. Analysis of the RIGA cross country dataset paints a clear picture of multiple activities across rural space and diversification across rural households. This is true across countries in all four continents, though less so in the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7913 |
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