Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia

Inclusive growth and poverty reduction requires an understanding of the constraints to increasing productivity of the informal sector, which employs the majority of Zambians. Zambians working in this sector are poor, have little education, die youn...

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Main Authors: Poulin, Michelle, Bomuhangi, Allan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/998481537521103154/Qualitative-Study-of-Household-Livelihood-Strategies-and-Constraints-in-Zambia
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spelling okr-10986-304792021-05-25T09:18:34Z Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia Poulin, Michelle Bomuhangi, Allan AGRICULTURE INCOME GENERATION PRODUCTIVITY HUMAN RIGHTS LIVELIHOODS GENDER SMALL FARMERS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES SELF-EMPLOYMENT Inclusive growth and poverty reduction requires an understanding of the constraints to increasing productivity of the informal sector, which employs the majority of Zambians. Zambians working in this sector are poor, have little education, die young from avoidable diseases, and live predominantly in rural areas. Even if more opportunities for formal employment currently existed, this population would not be qualified for these jobs. Their productive inclusion in society, and making sure they can invest in their children’s futures to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty, requires rural investment that can help unlock constraints to informal sector productivity. A recent review of the constraints that women face, relative to men, reveal that women’s business performance is affected by a combination of contextual factors and gender differences. This qualitative study sought to understand : (a) the key livelihood strategies used by women and men in Zambia; (b) the key constraints that women and men face; (c) how these constraints shape the strategies that are available; and (d) what women and men understand about human rights. The research had a specific focus on identifying responses that could help to increase women’s economic empowerment. 2018-10-02T15:26:53Z 2018-10-02T15:26:53Z 2018-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/998481537521103154/Qualitative-Study-of-Household-Livelihood-Strategies-and-Constraints-in-Zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30479 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Zambia
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topic AGRICULTURE
INCOME GENERATION
PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
LIVELIHOODS
GENDER
SMALL FARMERS
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
INCOME GENERATION
PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
LIVELIHOODS
GENDER
SMALL FARMERS
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Poulin, Michelle
Bomuhangi, Allan
Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
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Zambia
description Inclusive growth and poverty reduction requires an understanding of the constraints to increasing productivity of the informal sector, which employs the majority of Zambians. Zambians working in this sector are poor, have little education, die young from avoidable diseases, and live predominantly in rural areas. Even if more opportunities for formal employment currently existed, this population would not be qualified for these jobs. Their productive inclusion in society, and making sure they can invest in their children’s futures to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty, requires rural investment that can help unlock constraints to informal sector productivity. A recent review of the constraints that women face, relative to men, reveal that women’s business performance is affected by a combination of contextual factors and gender differences. This qualitative study sought to understand : (a) the key livelihood strategies used by women and men in Zambia; (b) the key constraints that women and men face; (c) how these constraints shape the strategies that are available; and (d) what women and men understand about human rights. The research had a specific focus on identifying responses that could help to increase women’s economic empowerment.
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author Poulin, Michelle
Bomuhangi, Allan
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Bomuhangi, Allan
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title Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
title_short Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
title_full Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
title_fullStr Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Qualitative Study of Household Livelihood Strategies and Constraints in Zambia
title_sort qualitative study of household livelihood strategies and constraints in zambia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/998481537521103154/Qualitative-Study-of-Household-Livelihood-Strategies-and-Constraints-in-Zambia
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