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

Jürgen Brünjes, Dominik Schmid, Javier Revilla Diez and Ingo Liefner

Chapter 12 in Vulnerability to Poverty, 2013, pp 305-334 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Household Head; Rural Household; Risk Situation; Provincial Capital; Permanent Activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230306622_12

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