Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison
Cross country comparisons of rural income generating activities are analyzed to identify ways to design more effective and better targeted rural development policies. The full range of rural income generating activities carried out by rural households are examined, including: 1) the relative importa...
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okr-10986-91982021-04-23T14:02:44Z Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul Carletto, Gero Covarrubias, Katia Quinones, Esteban Zezza, Alberto Stamoulis, Kostas Bonomi, Genny DiGiuseppe, Stefania World Development Report 2008 Cross country comparisons of rural income generating activities are analyzed to identify ways to design more effective and better targeted rural development policies. The full range of rural income generating activities carried out by rural households are examined, including: 1) the relative importance of the gamut of income generating activities in general and across wealth categories, both at the level of the rural economy and the rural household; 2), the relative importance of diversification versus specialization in rural income generation; 3) the relationship between key household assets and the participation in and income earned from these activities; and 4) the influence of rural income generating activities on poverty and inequality. For most countries the largest share of income stems from off farm activities, and the largest share of households have diversified sources of income. Diversification, not specialization, is the norm, although most countries show significant levels of household specialization in non-agricultural activities as well. 2012-06-26T15:41:25Z 2012-06-26T15:41:25Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9198 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean South Asia |
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World Development Report 2008 Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul Carletto, Gero Covarrubias, Katia Quinones, Esteban Zezza, Alberto Stamoulis, Kostas Bonomi, Genny DiGiuseppe, Stefania Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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Cross country comparisons of rural income generating activities are analyzed to identify ways to design more effective and better targeted rural development policies. The full range of rural income generating activities carried out by rural households are examined, including: 1) the relative importance of the gamut of income generating activities in general and across wealth categories, both at the level of the rural economy and the rural household; 2), the relative importance of diversification versus specialization in rural income generation; 3) the relationship between key household assets and the participation in and income earned from these activities; and 4) the influence of rural income generating activities on poverty and inequality. For most countries the largest share of income stems from off farm activities, and the largest share of households have diversified sources of income. Diversification, not specialization, is the norm, although most countries show significant levels of household specialization in non-agricultural activities as well. |
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Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul Carletto, Gero Covarrubias, Katia Quinones, Esteban Zezza, Alberto Stamoulis, Kostas Bonomi, Genny DiGiuseppe, Stefania |
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Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul Carletto, Gero Covarrubias, Katia Quinones, Esteban Zezza, Alberto Stamoulis, Kostas Bonomi, Genny DiGiuseppe, Stefania |
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Davis, Benjamin |
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Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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Rural Income Generating Activities : A Cross Country Comparison |
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rural income generating activities : a cross country comparison |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2012 |
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