@inproceedings{Fraser2005Rural,
abstract = {This paper contributes to the literature on the role of on rural livelihood strategies in rural growth
and poverty reduction. It distinguishes between livelihood diversity strategies that contribute to
sustainable growth in household incomes, and those that mainly have a 'coping' function. It suggests
that typically, the contribution of livelihood diversity to growing household income is through
relaxing dependence on credit for access to capital. In this scenario, livelihood diversity would lead
to higher technical efficiency in agriculture via investment and thereby to higher household
incomes. Survey data from Georgia are introduced and used to test these hypotheses using a
Bayesian stochastic frontier approach. The findings are relevant to defining more clearly the scope
and aims of policies to stimulate the rural non-farm economy in developing and transition countries.},
author = {Iain Fraser and Junior Davis and Kelvin Balcombe and Dirk Bezemer},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; livelihoods analysis; survey data; incomes; efficiency; Bayesian stochastic frontier approach},
language = {eng},
number = {4},
series = {Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Kiel 2005 / Verein f\"{u}r Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics},
title = {Is Rural Income Diversity Pro-Growth? Is It Pro-Poor? Evidence from Georgia},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19797},
year = {2005}
}
