Sökning: "Rural Non-Farm Economy"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Rural Non-Farm Economy.
1. A climate of difference: gender, farming, and climate variability : an investigation into the varied experience of gender vulnerability and agency among small-scale farmers in Ky Anh district, Central Vietnam
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementSammanfattning : This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. LÄS MER
2. Why People Are Moving Out of Agriculture: Micro-Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : This paper studies the determinants shaping the likelihood of being active in the non-farm sector in the rural economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, the push, pull and capacity factors for a cross-sectional sample of rural Uganda and Ethiopia are explored. LÄS MER
3. Income diversification, market participation and urban proximity as determinants of exit from rural poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiSammanfattning : It seems unlikely that Sub-Saharan Africa can follow the Asian experience of structural transformation through export-led growth. Rather, it has to rely on domestic sources to achieve substantial reductions in poverty. One such driver could be growing urban populations with increasing demand for rural products and services. LÄS MER
4. Women’s Education in Four Villages in Kenya: The Perceived Outcomes on Livelihoods and Household Welfare
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiSammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with women’s education and the perceived effects it might have on households’ livelihood diversification into the rural non-farm economy. In addition, it looks at household welfare and how women’s education and potentially livelihood diversification adds to better welfare. LÄS MER
5. Rural Clusters: Promoting Structural Transformation in Armenia
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the possibility of application of the cluster based rural development approach in Armenia to promote its structural transformation. Case study was selected as a research methodology, and both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. Analysis of the key findings from the ‘field’, i.e. LÄS MER