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A profile of the rural poor

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  • Valdés, Alberto
  • Foster, William
  • Anríquez, Gustavo
  • Azzarri, Carlo
  • Covarrubias, Katia
  • Davis, Benjamin
  • DiGiuseppe, Stefania
  • Essam, Tim
  • Hertz, Tom
  • de la O, Ana Paula
  • Quiñones, Esteban
  • Stamoulis, Kostas
  • Winters, Paul
  • Zezza, Alberto

Abstract

This paper has two main objectives. Firstly, it provides an overview of trends in the magnitude, location and nature of rural poverty, with emphasis on least developed countries. Secondly, it offers new evidence that advances our understanding of rural poverty, by presenting quantitative analyses of the determinants both of rural activities and of income from farm- and non-farm sources drawing on data from FAO's Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) data base of 15 countries, complemented by demographic, health, production and income data from other sources. In order to reduce rural poverty, policies should concentrate both on improving household activities already available ' most prominently farming ' and on expanding the range of potential activities of family members. The lesson from experience and much of the rural development literature is that the income generating potential ' the ability to access and take advantage of activities ' depends crucially on access to assets, such as education, land, and infrastructure.

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  • Valdés, Alberto & Foster, William & Anríquez, Gustavo & Azzarri, Carlo & Covarrubias, Katia & Davis, Benjamin & DiGiuseppe, Stefania & Essam, Tim & Hertz, Tom & de la O, Ana Paula & Quiñones, Esteban , 2009. "A profile of the rural poor," ESA Working Papers 289024, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:faoaes:289024
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289024
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    1. Jatta, Sylvester, 2013. "Urban Agriculture, Price Volatility.Drought ,And Food Security In Developing Countries," MPRA Paper 46544, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Sara Balestri & Stefania G. Meda, 2016. "Income Generating Activities (IGAs) and women empowerment. A pilot experience from Côte d?Ivoire," DISEIS - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo dis1604, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo (DISEIS).
    3. Horman Chitonge, 2013. "Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in South Africa: Emerging Evidence from the Eastern Cape," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 2(1), pages 1-40, April.
    4. Zezza, Alberto & Tasciotti, Luca, 2010. "Urban agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of developing countries," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 265-273, August.

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    Food Security and Poverty;

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