Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis

This paper examines the links between the assets and the economic activities of rural households in developing countries to provide insight into how the promotion of certain key assets-particularly education, land, and infrastructure-influences the economic choices of these households. Nationally re...

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Main Authors:	Winters, P., Davis, B., Carletto, G., Covarrubias, K., Quinones, E. J., Zezza, A., Azzarri, C., Stamoulis, K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5392

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spelling	okr-10986-53922021-04-23T14:02:22Z Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis Winters, P. Davis, B. Carletto, G. Covarrubias, K. Quinones, E. J. Zezza, A. Azzarri, C. Stamoulis, K. This paper examines the links between the assets and the economic activities of rural households in developing countries to provide insight into how the promotion of certain key assets-particularly education, land, and infrastructure-influences the economic choices of these households. Nationally representative data from 15 countries which form part of the rural income-generating activities (RIGA) database are used in the analysis. The results indicate that improved land access is linked to agricultural production and thus will lead households to take, on average, this path for improving household welfare. Higher levels of education and greater access to infrastructure appear to be most closely linked to non-agricultural wage employment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2012-03-30T07:32:36Z 2012-03-30T07:32:36Z 2009 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5392 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper examines the links between the assets and the economic activities of rural households in developing countries to provide insight into how the promotion of certain key assets-particularly education, land, and infrastructure-influences the economic choices of these households. Nationally representative data from 15 countries which form part of the rural income-generating activities (RIGA) database are used in the analysis. The results indicate that improved land access is linked to agricultural production and thus will lead households to take, on average, this path for improving household welfare. Higher levels of education and greater access to infrastructure appear to be most closely linked to non-agricultural wage employment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author	Winters, P. Davis, B. Carletto, G. Covarrubias, K. Quinones, E. J. Zezza, A. Azzarri, C. Stamoulis, K.
spellingShingle	Winters, P. Davis, B. Carletto, G. Covarrubias, K. Quinones, E. J. Zezza, A. Azzarri, C. Stamoulis, K. Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
author_facet	Winters, P. Davis, B. Carletto, G. Covarrubias, K. Quinones, E. J. Zezza, A. Azzarri, C. Stamoulis, K.
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title	Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
title_short	Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
title_full	Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
title_fullStr	Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
title_sort	assets, activities and rural income generation: evidence from a multicountry analysis
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Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis

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