@article{Malek:52811,
      recid = {52811},
      author = {Malek, Mohammad Abdul and Usami, Koichi},
      title = {Effects of Non-farm Employments on Poverty among Small  Households in Developed Villages of Bangladesh: A Case of  Comilla Sadar Upazila},
      address = {2009-08-20},
      number = {696-2016-47653},
      series = {Seminar Paper},
      pages = {19},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The study aims at estimating comprehensive effects of  non-farm employments (NFEs) on
poverty based on an  intensive field survey conducted in 2008 on about 175 small  landholding households in developed four villages of  Comilla Sadar Upazila. We analyze participating factors of  small household workers in NFEs and their effects on  household production (farming and non-farm activities) and  consumption (both food and non-food). For  estimating
consumption effects (poverty), we focus on food  adequacy, income poverty and education
poverty (as a part  of human poverty). At each level of estimation, we depend  on appropriate econometric regressions. Results find the  significant positive role of overall NFEs on household NFAs  rather faming. Remittance incomes do not contribute in  household production either farming or non-farm activities  and food adequacy; and thus, these must be spent on  non-food consumption. Education-poverty levels are worse  than income poverty levels among small households. The  increasing NFI is reducing some income poverty, but it is  yet to realize in achieving household education; however,  access to formal sector
employments by the small household  workers is significantly reducing education  poverty.
Therefore, qualitative diversification of the poor  household workers and productive use of household  remittance incomes deserve special attention.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52811},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.52811},
}