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dc.contributor.authorFraser, Iainen
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Junioren
dc.contributor.authorBalcombe, Kelvinen
dc.contributor.authorBezemer, Dirken
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:07:14Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:07:14Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/19797-
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cHannoveren
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Kiel 2005 |x4en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordlivelihoods analysisen
dc.subject.keywordsurvey dataen
dc.subject.keywordincomesen
dc.subject.keywordefficiencyen
dc.subject.keywordBayesian stochastic frontier approachen
dc.titleIs Rural Income Diversity Pro-Growth? Is It Pro-Poor? Evidence from Georgia-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn500744505en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec05:3477en

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