Rural livelihoods and poverty reduction policies / / edited by Frank Ellis and H. Ade Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457761403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-29628-2; 1-280-25421-1; 9786610254217; 0-203-00621-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 42
• Classificazione: 83.46
• Altri autori (Persone): EllisFrank; FreemanH. Ade
• Disciplina: 307.1/412/0967
• Soggetti: Rural development - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Poverty - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-404) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Conceptual framework and overview of themes; 2 Dynamic poverty traps and rural livelihoods*; 3 Comparative evidence from four African countries*; 4 Rural livelihoods and agrarian change in sub-Saharan Africa; 5 Livelihood diversification in rural Andhra Pradesh, India*; 6 Household composition and rural livelihoods in Uganda*; 7 Chronic poverty in rural UgandaHarsh realities and constrained choices*; 8 Decentralization and rural livelihoods in Malawi*; 9 Rural taxation and poverty reduction in Uganda*10 Marketing reform?; 11 Competition and coordination in liberalized African cotton market systems*; 12 Comparative land tenure issues arising in four countries*; 13 Implications of livelihood strategies for agricultural research A Kenya case study*; 14 Crop-based farming systems and diverse livelihoods in Uganda; 15 More than income; 16 The fisheries sector, livelihoods and poverty reduction in eastern and southern Africa*; 17 Irrigation, livelihoods and river basins*; 18 Community-; based natural resource management in Malawi and Botswana*; 19 Poverty reduction strategies for addressing multi-level poverty traps20 Predicting rural household povertyMethodological issues and the PRSP process in Kenya*; 21 Economic reform and rural livelihood diversification; 22 Synthesis and policy implications; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries themselves. The book examines both macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena and contains wide range of case studies.Skilfully exposing the gap that exists between the rhetoric of poverty reduction strategies in capital cities and the practice of public sector delivery in rural areas, this key text