Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/4250
Full metadata record
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Lay, Jann | en |
dc.contributor.author | M'Mukaria, George Michuki | en |
dc.contributor.author | Omar Mahmoud, Toman | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T14:22:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T14:22:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4250 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural activities and household wealth as well as total household income. Survival-led engagement in non-agricultural activities would be inequality-decreasing through increasing the incomes of the poorer parts of the population and would reduce poverty. Opportunity-led diversification, by contrast, would increase inequality and have a minor effect on poverty, as it tends to be confined to non-poor households. Using data from a household survey conducted by ourselves in Western Kenya, we find the overall share of non-agricultural income in this very poor region to be important, but below the sub-Saharan African average. Multivariate analyses confirm the existence of both survival-led and opportunity-led diversification. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications of the differently motivated diversification strategies differ somewhat from our expectations. As expected, we find high-return activities to be confined to richer households, while both rich and poor households are engaged in low-return activities. Very poor households even appear to be excluded from the latter. Simple simulation exercises illustrate the inequality-increasing and very limited poverty effects of increases in high-return income, whereas increased low-return income shows substantial poverty reduction leverage. Our findings indicate that rural households do not only face asset constraints, but also very limited or relatively risky high-return opportunities outside agriculture. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingen | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 |x20 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I31 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O17 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Q12 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Non-agricultural activities | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Inequality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Income diversification | en |
dc.subject.stw | Dorfwirtschaft | en |
dc.subject.stw | Landwirtschaftlicher Kleinbetrieb | en |
dc.subject.stw | Diversifikation | en |
dc.subject.stw | Ländliches Einkommen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Einkommensverteilung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kenia (West) | en |
dc.subject.stw | Afrika südlich der Sahara | en |
dc.title | Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya | - |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 560906692 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:ifwkie:6543 | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:gdec07:6543 | en |
Files in This Item:
Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.