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Participation in Different Regional Non-Farm Wage Activities: Evidence x

In: Vulnerability to Poverty

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  • Jürgen Brünjes
  • Dominik Schmid
  • Javier Revilla Diez
  • Ingo Liefner

Abstract

The times when the rural population in developing countries and emerging economies generated virtually all their income from agriculture are long gone. Research has shown that a significant percentage of earnings nowadays are derived from non-farm activities, with Asia in general being the forerunner in this process (Haggblade et al., 2007: 4). Non-farm employment can be applied to at least two contemporary concepts in development research: the discourse on vulnerability to poverty and the sustainable livelihoods framework. In both concepts, non-farm income diversification is regarded to be one amongst a wide range of options for the rural population to earn their living and to reduce risks and uncertainty (Ellis, 2000: 30). The term “non-farm employment” in this sense may include a broad range of activities and sources of income: permanent or temporary work in a large city, and employment outside the agricultural sector within the rural area. In this article, we limit ourselves to the latter, and focus on regional non-farm wage employment in six study areas in Thailand and Vietnam.

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  • Jürgen Brünjes & Dominik Schmid & Javier Revilla Diez & Ingo Liefner, 2013. "Participation in Different Regional Non-Farm Wage Activities: Evidence x," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Stephan Klasen & Hermann Waibel (ed.), Vulnerability to Poverty, chapter 12, pages 305-334, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30662-2_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230306622_12
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    1. Wagener, Andreas & Zenker, Juliane, 2018. "Decoupled but not neutral: The effects of stochastic transfers on investment and incomes in rural Thailand," TVSEP Working Papers wp-008, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Project TVSEP.

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