Poverty Inequality And Rural Development

Author : David Greenaway,Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrisey
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 033358502X

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Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development by David Greenaway,Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrisey Pdf

Poverty alleviation is a major objective of development. More than a fifth of the world's population lives in absolute poverty, and the majority of the poor live in rural areas. This volume studies what can be done for alleviating rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cte d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India; technical change in Philippine agriculture; contract farming in Thailand; and banana growers in the Windwards. The contributions introduce the problems of rural development and show that effective rural development is assisted by investment in education and secure access to credit; that equity is important for incentives but not directly related to poverty; and that technical and institutional reform are essential, but require careful design and implementation.

Author : David Greenaway,Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrisey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349234462

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Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development by David Greenaway,Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrisey Pdf

Poverty alleviation is a major objective of development. More than a fifth of the world's population lives in absolute poverty, and the majority of the poor live in rural areas. This volume studies what can be done for alleviating rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cte d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India; technical change in Philippine agriculture; contract farming in Thailand; and banana growers in the Windwards. The contributions introduce the problems of rural development and show that effective rural development is assisted by investment in education and secure access to credit; that equity is important for incentives but not directly related to poverty; and that technical and institutional reform are essential, but require careful design and implementation.

Author : Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrissey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010484470

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Poverty, Inequality, and Rural Development by Tim Lloyd,Oliver Morrissey Pdf

Author : Ann R. Tickamyer,Jennifer Sherman,Jennifer Warlick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231544719

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Rural Poverty in the United States by Ann R. Tickamyer,Jennifer Sherman,Jennifer Warlick Pdf

America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it about the geography, demography, and history of rural communities that keeps them poor? In a comprehensive analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, Rural Poverty in the United States looks at access to human and social capital; food security; healthcare and the environment; homelessness; gender roles and relations; racial inequalities; and immigration trends to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. Contributors to this volume incorporate approaches from multiple disciplines, including sociology, economics, demography, race and gender studies, public health, education, criminal justice, social welfare, and other social science fields. They take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and use their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans for years to come. These essays work hard to define rural poverty's specific metrics and markers, a critical step for building better policy and practice. Considering gender, race, and immigration, the book appreciates the overlooked structural and institutional dimensions of ongoing rural poverty and its larger social consequences.

Author : Marcel Fafchamps
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781950687

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Rural Poverty, Risk and Development by Marcel Fafchamps Pdf

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today's poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed.

Author : Nong Zhu
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Access to Finance
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Impact of Remittances on Rural Poverty and Inequality in China by Nong Zhu Pdf

Abstract: Large numbers of agricultural labor moved from the countryside to cities after the economic reforms in China. Migration and remittances play an important role in transforming the structure of rural household income. This paper examines the impact of rural-to-urban migration on rural poverty and inequality in the case of Hubei province using the data of a 2002 household survey. Since remittances are a potential substitute for farm income, the paper presents counterfactual scenarios of what rural income, poverty, and inequality would have been in the absence of migration. The results show that, by providing alternatives to households with lower marginal labor productivity in agriculture, migration leads to an increase in rural income. In contrast to many studies that suggest the increasing share of non-farm income in total income widens inequality, this paper offers support for the hypothesis that migration tends to have egalitarian effects on rural income for three reasons: (i) migration is rational self-selection - farmers with higher agricultural productivities choose to remain in local agricultural production while those with higher expected return in urban non-farm sectors migrate; (ii) poorer households facing binding constraints of land shortage are more likely to migrate; and (iii) the poorest poor benefit disproportionately from remittances.

Author : Shenggen Fan,Linxiu Zhang,Xiaobo Zhang
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780896291287

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Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Rural China by Shenggen Fan,Linxiu Zhang,Xiaobo Zhang Pdf

Growth, inequality, and poverty; Public capital e investment; Concptual framework and model; Data, estimation, and results.

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451850093

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are delineated and explained, including stable management of the macroeconomic environment, transfer of assets, investment in and access to the physical and social infrastructure, access to credit and jobs, and provision of safety nets. Finally, some guideposts are identified for assessing strategies to reduce rural poverty.

Author : M. Riad El-Ghonemy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136754463

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The Crisis of Rural Poverty and Hunger by M. Riad El-Ghonemy Pdf

M. Riad El-Ghonemy argues that if current trends in government-led and market based land reforms persist the rural poor population in developing countries will continue to rise.Based on nearly half a century of academic and field research this valuable work presents compelling evidence on persistent rural poverty, hunger and increased inequality in

Author : Gabriel Staicu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789535135593

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Poverty, Inequality and Policy by Gabriel Staicu Pdf

What is poverty and how do we measure it? What is the link between inequality and poverty? What can governments do to alleviate poverty and inequality? Does economic growth reduce poverty in the long run? These are some important research questions that are addressed in this book. It brings together important researchers and university professors to offer some analytical insights into the field of poverty, inequality, and public policies. Using quantitative and qualitative research methods, the authors examine issues relating to (a) contextual, academic, and cognitive differences between rural and urban poverty; (b) the impact of inequality on poverty; (c) theoretical considerations and empirical findings about poverty and inequality with a special reference to Croatia and Pakistan; (d) the role of trade facilitation in reducing poverty in South Asia; and (e) the impact of trade liberalization on economic growth and poverty implications with a special reference to Sri Lanka. The reader of this book will find it concise, with a clearly defined research methodology and findings, and easy to understand. Benefiting of recent statistical data and practical experience from various countries around the world, the findings and conclusions might be helpful to academia and policy makers to find better answers to poverty and inequality in the future.

Author : A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134121915

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Land, Poverty and Livelihoods in an Era of Globalization by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay Pdf

Here internationally renowned scholars explore the structural causes of rural poverty, income inequality and the processes of social exclusion and political subordination across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Author : University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Department,Florida Cooperative Extension Service,University of Florida. Center for Rural Development
Publisher : Ames : Iowa State University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009636445

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Rural Poverty and the Policy Crisis by University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Department,Florida Cooperative Extension Service,University of Florida. Center for Rural Development Pdf

Compilation of readings on the evaluation of rural area poverty issues and programmes in the USA - includes theoretical concepts and institutional frameworks, income distribution aspects, economics, social costs, social policy implications, etc. References and statistical tables.

Author : Shaohua Chen,Martin Ravallion
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : China
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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China's (uneven) Progress Against Poverty by Shaohua Chen,Martin Ravallion Pdf

"While the incidence of extreme poverty in China fell dramatically over 1980-2001, progress was uneven over time and across provinces. Rural areas accounted for the bulk of the gains to the poor, though migration to urban areas helped. The pattern of growth mattered. Rural economic growth was far more important to national poverty reduction than urban economic growth. Agriculture played a far more important role than the secondary or tertiary sources of GDP. Rising inequality within the rural sector greatly slowed poverty reduction. Provinces starting with relatively high inequality saw slower progress against poverty, due both to lower growth and a lower growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Taxation of farmers and inflation hurt the poor. External trade had little short-term impact. This paper a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the causes of country success in poverty reduction"--World Bank web site.

Author : Raghav Gaiha
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251032831

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Design of Poverty Alleviation Strategy in Rural Areas by Raghav Gaiha Pdf

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1589060067

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

Reviews causes of poverty in rural areas and presents a policy framework for reducing rural poverty, including through land reform, public works programs, access to credit, physical and social infrastructure, subsidies, and transfer of technology. Identifies key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty.