There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the …, full vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …

/4-2010 shows that about 1 out of 2 individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning out of agriculture into the … rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only 1 out of 7 exited poverty by migrating to the big cities, even though those …

. This paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in Nigeria using the Tobit regression model. Through the multistage … of poverty by 0.9953, 0.1220 and 0.4016 x 10-6 respectively. Membership of the cooperative by household heads, ownership … elastic, the responsiveness of the probability and intensity of poverty to dependency ratio, farming experience, farm size and …

Rural non-farm employment (RNFE) is thought to ease poverty, economic vulnerability and income inequality. Two key … in three ways: it is the most important income source of middleincome farms, it lifts poor households out of poverty, and …

and how insurance could potentially prevent poor households from falling into poverty trap. In this setting, we argue that …

development and poverty alleviation in underdeveloped and developing countries. This study identified the women farmersâ …