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Smallholder Livelihood Diversification and Income Inequality in Rural Malawi

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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Title Smallholder Livelihood Diversification and Income Inequality in Rural Malawi
 
Creator Takane, Tsutomu
Gono, Hiroko
 
Subject Development Studies; Sociology; African Studies
income; livelihood; inequality; diversification; Malawi; Africa
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Description Prior literature on rural livelihood diversification in Africa has suggested it has tended to increase inequality. Drawing on household data collected in nine Malawian villages over a decade, this paper examines the interrelationship between livelihood diversification and income inequality. Analysis of income portfolio and Gini coefficients shows that the interrelationship is highly varied and, in many cases, livelihood diversification decreases inequality. The varied situations stem from different contexts, such as proximity to a major town, entry barriers to off-farm activities, and variability of own-farm income. The highly variable situations found in rural Malawi call for a more context-specific policy intervention, rather than a nationwide single prescription.
 
Publisher Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
 
Contributor JSPS KAKENHI
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO
 
Date 2017-07-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/3447
10.14738/assrj.413.3447
 
Source Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal; Vol 4, No 13 (2017): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
10.14738/assrj.413.2017
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/3447/1929
 
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