Haggblade, S. and Hazell, P. and Reardon, T. (2010) The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction. World Development, 38 (10). pp. 1429-1441.
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Abstract
Policy makers have high expectations for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Given high income shares, growing employment, and frequently low capital requirements, they see the RNFE as a potential pathway out of poverty for their rural poor. Yet available evidence suggests that pro-poor rural non-farm growth does not occur automatically. For the poor to benefit from rural non-farm growth, policy makers must stimulate buoyant rural economies, with robust non-farm income growth, not simply low-productivity employment. Moreover, the poor must gain access to growing market niches. Fluid labor markets provide one important bridge linking the rural poor to growing non-farm opportunities
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | non-farm; rural; poverty; Inequality |
| Author Affiliation: | Michigan State University, USA |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Ms Ishrath Durafsha |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2014 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2014 08:29 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.008 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13541 |
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