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characteristics in influencing rural residential choice and economic outcomes. Recursive bivariate probit models of migration and … household poverty and two-stage least squares models of migration and household income are estimated for three periods: 1979 to … 1985, 1985 to 1991, and 1991 to 1997. The models used in this study suggest that the relationship between rural out-migration …
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adopted labour‐oriented or migration‐oriented livelihood strategies. This paper explores how rural households in six villages … and to markets. Nevertheless, in all villages, long‐term migration of younger household members to neighbouring Thailand …‐oriented rice farming in a context of an emerging on‐farm labour shortage combined with an increasing flow of remittances from …
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The objective of this paper is to document, assess and characterize the role Ghana's agriculture has played as a safety net when the urban labor market suffered economic shocks. The study explores how agriculture influences non-agricultural dependent households. Specific attention is given to...
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The paper summarizes the key routes through which internal and international migration impact rural development and … migration impacts on rural economies has come a long way from the early dual theories of development, some of the potentially …
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Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to …
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Regional employment and population change have displayed considerable spatial disparities within Northern Ireland in recent years. It is important to gain a better understanding of the causes of these spatial disparities to facilitate the development of effective policies to promote economic...
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The state of rural social infrastructure and its impact on the quality of life and functioning of rural communities are traditionally seen as marginal to the “mainstream†development activities. The low quality of social infrastructure is, however, an important factor in the...
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Poverty incidence is one of the most critical concerns in Botswana and the government has resolved to eradicate this problem and ensure that every citizen live in a dignified and acceptable condition consistent with the national aspirations as set out in the National Vision 2016. Currently,...
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