The Rise and Fall of the Rural Non‐farm Economy: Poverty Impacts and Policy Options

By D. Start. 2001

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Addressing poverty and inequality in the rural economy from a global perspective (2015, background): “Rather than creating increased market opportunities, connectivity with urban cores tends to erode the competitiveness of rural firms (Start, 2001) and deepens existing urbanrural divides; at best linkages tend to be indirect (in the form of remittances), rather than direct (reciprocal trade in…”
Determinant factors of livelihood diversification: Evidence from Ethiopia (2017, background): “Introduction Livelihood diversification refers to a key strategy taking place at different levels of the economy, which are usually, but not always directly linked (Start, 2001).”
Right Target, Wrong Mechanism? Agricultural Modernization and Poverty Reduction in Uganda (2005, background): “…firewood, wild foods, local trade), and the higher return diversification (furniture making, transport, longer distance trading, salaried employment) which is undertaken by better-off households and from which the poor are excluded by entry barriers of finance or education (see also Start, 2001).”