Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ellis, Frank; Freeman, H. Ade

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field, there are a number of local contributors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134296279
• Artikelnr.: 42636176

Autorenporträt

Frank Ellis is Professor in Agricultural Economics and Chief Executive of the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia. He is an agricultural economist who has worked on agricultural price and marketing policies in Latin America, Africa and Asia, and who has general interests in the areas of agricultural policy and rural development. H. Ade Freeman is Economist at the International Crops Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. He has published extensively on themes related to agricultural and livestock productivity, rural livelihoods and poverty reduction in developing countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: The Context of Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction
1. Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction: Themes and Policy Levers 2.
Methodological Issues for Rural Poverty Reduction within the PRSP Framework
Part 2: Evidence from Rural Poverty Research 3. The Contribution of
Agriculture to Poverty Reduction in SSA 4. Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian
Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Processes and Policies 5. Dynamics of Poverty
Traps 6. Income Diversification and Rural Inequality Part 3: Institutional
Factors in Rural Poverty Reduction 7. Experience of the Plan for the
Modernization of Agriculture (PMA), Uganda 8. Decentralization and Rural
Poverty Reduction in Malawi 9. Marketing Arrangements and Rural Poverty
Reduction 10. Comparative Land Tenure Issues Arising in Four Countries
Part 4: Natural Resource Management in Rural Poverty Reduction 11.
Artisanal Fishing, Poverty Reduction and Policy Responses 12. Roles of
Livestock in Virtuous Spirals for Climbing out of Poverty 13. Successful
CBNRM in Namibia Part 5: Case Studies of Rural Livelihood Issues and
Options 14. Rural Taxation and Poverty Reduction in Uganda 15. Chronic
Poverty and Life Histories of the Rural Poor 16. Improving the Options for
the Poor: Lessons from India 17. Attending to Village Level Poverty Traps
in Poverty Reduction Strategies Part 6: Macro-Micro Linkages in Rural
Poverty Reduction Policies 18. Macroeconomic Policy and Effects on Rural
Poverty Reduction 19. Connecting PRSPs and Decentralization of Government
20. Agricultural Markets and Rural Poverty Reduction: Key Issues about
Public-Private Roles in Agricultural Markets and Recent Trends Part 7:
Towards Improved Policies for Rural Poverty Reduction 21. Synthesis and
Policy Implications