Rural Household Income Analysis and Policy

A Directory of Publications, Presentations, and Useful Links Prepared by Food Security Group Researchers at Michigan State University and Their Host-Country Collaborators

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• Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa by T.S. Jayne, D. Mather, and E. Mghenyi. International Development Working Paper 86. 2006.
• Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies by T.S. Jayne, Takashi Yamano, Michael Weber, David Tschirley, Rui Benfica, David Neven, Anthony Chapoto, and Ballard Zulu. MSU International Development Paper #24. 2001. 42pp.

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Research Papers

• Factors Associated with Farm Households’ Movement Into and Out of Poverty in Kenya: The Rising Importance of Livestock. by William J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, H. Ade Freeman, and P. Kristjanson. International Development Working Paper 90. January 2007.
• Rural Poverty Dynamics, Agricultural Productivity and Access to Resources. Paul Gamba and Elliot Mghenyi. Tegemeo Institute Working paper 21. 2004

Presentations

• Pathways into and out of Poverty: Determinants of Rural Household Wealth Dynamics in Kenya. Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and William J. Burke. Presented at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundatin, Seattle Washingon. August 10-11, 2010.
• Pathways into and out of Poverty:  A Study of Determinants of Rural Household Wealth Dynamics in Kenya.  Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and William J. Burke.  Paper presented at the Conference on Understanding African Poverty over the Longue Durée, co-organized by Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the International Institute for the Advanced Study of Cultures, Institutions and Economic Enterprise, Accra, Ghana, July 15-17, 2010.
• Factors Associated with Farm Households’ Movement Into and Out of Poverty in Kenya: Spatial Analysis, Land Constraints and Diversification. William J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, H. AdeFreeman, P. Kristjanson. Presentation made to ODI's workshop titled: Understanding and addressing spatial poverty traps. Cape Town, 29 March 2007.

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Research Papers

• Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005. David Mather. January 2012.
• Household Income and Assets in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005: Can Pro-Poor Growth Be Sustained? David Mather, Benedito Cunguara, and Duncan Boughton. Research Paper 66. December 2008.
• Changes in Rural Household Income Patterns in Mozambique, 1996-2002, and Implications for Agriculture’s Contribution to Poverty Reduction. Duncan Boughton, David Mather, David Tschirley, Tom Walker, Benedito Cunguara, and Ellen Payongayong. Research Paper 61E. December 2006.
• Determinants of Rural Income in Mozambique in 2001-2002. Walker, T., D.Tschirley, J. Low, M. Pequenino Tanque, D. Boughton, E. Payongayong and M. Weber. Research Paper 57E. May 2004.

Reprints

• Cunguara, Benedito Armando. Pathways Out of Poverty in Rural Mozambique. M.Sc. Thesis. 2008. (2 MB)

Presentations

• INCPROX 2010 Results.  Ellen Payongayong.  Presentation to USAID Title II partners. Maputo, Feb 4, 2011.

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Policy Briefs

• Income and Nutritional Outcomes in Rwanda's Rural Areas, 1990 and 2000. Andrew McKay and Scott Loveridge. MSU Policy Synthes # 74. 2005.

Research Papers

• Exploring the Paradox of Rwandan Agricultural Household Income and Nutritional Outcomes in 1990 and 2000. Andrew McKay and Scott Loveridge. Department of Agricultural Economics Staff Paper Series 2005-06. Michigan State University. March 2005.

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Policy Briefs

• Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty?  Arne Bigsten and Sven Tengstam. FSRP Policy Synthesis Number 30, July 2008.

Research Papers

• Statistical Report on Categorization of Rural Cropping Households in Zambia.  A. Kuteya, S. Kabwe, M. Beaver, A. Chapoto, B. Burke, N. Mason and M. Weber. FSRP Working Paper No. 51. March 2011.
• Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty?  Arne Bigsten and Sven Tengstam. Number 31, July 2008. Working Paper No 31.  July 2008.

Presentations

• Seeing the forest for the fuel and food: Rural poverty and forest sustainability in Zambia. Robert B. Richardson. International Resources Industries and Sustainability Centre (IRIS) Seminar. University of Calgary. 29 February 2012.
• Constraints on FISP as a Poverty Reduction Strategy. W.J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, J.R. Black and N.J. Sitko. Presentation for the Agricultural Cooperating Partners Meeting. Lusaka, Zambia. February 21, 2012.

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