Rural poverty, risk and development
Fafchamps, Marcel.
Rural poverty, risk and development Marcel Fafchamps. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, c2003. - x, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-255) and index.
1. Introduction
2. Risk and Poverty
3. The Risk Coping Strategies of the Rural Poor
4. The Limits to Risk Coping
5. Risk and Inequality
6. Risk and Development
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Throughout their lifetime, men and women are subject to a wide variety of risks, such as illness, accident, death, or less directly, unemployment, crop failure, loss of property, disability, business failure, and skill obsolescence.
This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author’s work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today’s poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed.
Rural Poverty, Risk and Development is an important contribution to the development literature and should be read by anyone interested in exploring the causes of and solutions to poverty in rural areas.
1843764369
Rural poor
Rural development
Risk assessment.--Developing countries.--Developing countries.
339.460 / FAF
Rural poverty, risk and development Marcel Fafchamps. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, c2003. - x, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-255) and index.
1. Introduction
2. Risk and Poverty
3. The Risk Coping Strategies of the Rural Poor
4. The Limits to Risk Coping
5. Risk and Inequality
6. Risk and Development
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Throughout their lifetime, men and women are subject to a wide variety of risks, such as illness, accident, death, or less directly, unemployment, crop failure, loss of property, disability, business failure, and skill obsolescence.
This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author’s work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today’s poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed.
Rural Poverty, Risk and Development is an important contribution to the development literature and should be read by anyone interested in exploring the causes of and solutions to poverty in rural areas.
1843764369
Rural poor
Rural development
Risk assessment.--Developing countries.--Developing countries.
339.460 / FAF