|
|
AgEcon Search >
eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics >
Volume 04, Issue 1, 2007 >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://purl.umn.edu/112596
|
| Title: | Rural Income Generating Activities in Developing Countries: Re-assessing the Evidence |
| Authors: | Carletto, Gero
Covarrubias, Katia
Davis, Benjamin
Krausova, Marika
Stamoulis, Kostas G.
Winters, Paul C.
Zezza, Alberto |
| Authors (Email): | Carletto, Gero (gcarletto@worldbank.org)
Covarrubias, Katia (Katia.Covarrubias@fao.org)
Davis, Benjamin (Benjamin.Davis@fao.org)
Krausova, Marika (mkrausova@worldbank.org)
Stamoulis, Kostas (Kostas.Stamoulis@fao.org)
Winters, Paul (winters@american.edu)
Zezza, Alberto (Alberto.Zezza@fao.org) |
| Keywords: | rural economy
non-farm activities
income inequality
income diversification |
| JEL Codes: | O12
O18
R23 |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Abstract: | This paper contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of developing country rural labour markets by re-evaluating the available evidence on the levels and composition of income sources adopted by rural households in order to understand the relationship between the various economic activities taking place in rural areas and their implications for economic growth and poverty reduction. This is achieved in two parts: First, the paper introduces the Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, a newly constructed FAO repository of household survey data, income measures and cross-country comparable indicators. Second, using the RIGA database, the paper undertakes a descriptive analysis of the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors of the rural economy, assessing the importance of rural non-farm activities within the complex income strategies adopted by rural households in developing countries and their relationship to poverty and inequality. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/112596 |
| Institution/Association: | eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics>Volume 04, Issue 1, 2007 |
| Total Pages: | 48 |
| From Page: | 146 |
| To Page: | 193 |
| Collections: | Volume 04, Issue 1, 2007
|
Files in This Item:
| File |
Description |
Size | Format |
|---|
| ai195e00.pdf | | 290Kb | PDF | View/Open |
|
Recommend this item
All items in AgEcon Search are protected by copyright.
|
