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Rural Poverty Dynamics, Agricultural Productivity and Access to Resources
Author(s): Gamba,Paul;Mghenyi,Elliot
Abstract
The objectives of this paper are threefold: First, we measure the prevalence of rural
poverty in 1997 and 2000, based on the nationwide Tegemeo survey. Second, we
categorize households according to whether they were above the poverty line in both
1997 and 2000, entered into poverty or exited from poverty between 1997 and 2000,
or were above the poverty line in both years. Third, the paper identifies the
household-level and community-level factors associated with rural poverty through
econometric analysis. Lastly, we consider the implications of these results for the
design of appropriate poverty reduction strategies. Such analysis is intended to guide
donor programs and interventions designed to attack the roots of chronic poverty.2
Characterization of poverty categories can also ensure that their relationship with
access to physical and social capital, agricultural productivity growth and non-farm
income are understood and utilized to ensure attainment of agreed poverty reduction
objectives.
Document Reference No: 25
Language: English
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