The Rural-urban Nexus in Migration and Livelihoods Diversification
The Rural-urban Nexus in Migration and Livelihoods Diversification

Author: Abeje Berhanu

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9994455699

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The objective of this study is to investigate the linkage between migration and livelihood diversification with emphasis on the socio-economic and structural processes that impact on rural to urban migration. The specific objectives include: to explore the factors affecting rural to urban migration by focusing on household assets and social attachment variables; to examine the different ways by which migration affects rural households' livelihoods and vice versa; to examine rural-urban linkages using migration with the aim of contributing to efforts to understand the migration process in the Amhara region; and to investigate the impact, direct or indirect, of government policy on trends of rural to urban migration in Ethiopia.

Rural-Urban Linkages and Livelihood Diversification
Rural-Urban Linkages and Livelihood Diversification

Author: Belete Ejigu

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9783659379871

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The study was conducted in Sebeta town and its hinterland. The main Objective of the study was to assess the Rural-urban Linkages and their Implications for Livelihood Diversification at Household level. The findings of the study are concerned: farmers in the rural kebeles are not market oriented as a result agricultural output did not satisfy the demand of some of urban residents in Sebeta. In this regard, hinterland farmers have shown relatively strong marketing interaction with urban dwellers than urban traders. The study also shows consumption linkages in terms of expenditure on urban goods and selected social services. The study shows there is similarity between hinterland farmers and their urban counterparts to recognize and identify pertinent challenges. The study has identified weak backward and forward production marketing linkage particularly the later is almost non-existent. The rural non-farm sector is promising with more than half of sampled farmers taking part in the activity as their livelihood income source though it has undesirable effect.On the other hand, more than two-third of sampled urban households earn an income from a combination of activities.

The Earthscan Reader in Rural-Urban Linkages
The Earthscan Reader in Rural-Urban Linkages

Author: Cecilia Tacoli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1317762673

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With accelerating urbanization and growing inter-dependence of rural and urban dwellers on the markets and resources they each offer, rural urban linkages have become a very important focus in recent years for research and policy relating to local and national economic development, poverty reduction and governance. The emergence of new livelihoods based on diversified income sources and mobility reflects profound social, cultural and economic transformations, and new forms of resource allocation and use. This volume collects the key contributions in the field, covering the conceptual background, the key issues and the current debates, locating different approaches in their wider intellectual and historical contexts. It also includes important recent empirical work from all the relevant geographical regions that that will be the basis for future thinking. Fifteen papers are clearly organized around the principal themes and accompanied by a valuable editorial introduction clearly setting out the issues, the arguments and the evidence. Suggestions for further reading and additional information sources are also included. Published with IIED.

Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

Author: Diana Carney

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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Papers presented at the Department for International Development's Natural Advisers' Conference, July 1998.

Recognition of Rural-Urban Linkage Throughunderstanding the Potential Impact of Growth Center
Recognition of Rural-Urban Linkage Throughunderstanding the Potential Impact of Growth Center

Author: Nazia Hossain

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13:

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The growth center enhances the linkages between rural and urban area through providing opportunities and scopes for both areas as well as by promoting facilities for agriculture, fishery, livestock etc. by ensuring market accessibility and socioeconomic interactions among rural and urban people in context of the exchange of goods, ideas, information and facilities of different markets. The growth center plays the role of transaction point between urban and rural area and thus help to reform the economy of both areas and bring changes in financial and fiscal policy and macro transformation as well as the transformations in agriculture and livelihood diversification. It has become the channel to replace the rural urban dichotomy in rural urban continuum. Therefore the paper tries to find out the existing nature and pattern of the linkage by investigating the potential impacts of growth centres. It also reveals the way how agricultural transformation is taking place in response to changing urban market demand and vice versa. It focuses on the input and output side scenario in rural and urban economy and finds out the flow pattern and the contribution of the communication sector on it. It also tries to find the interrelation between rural-urban linkage and the influence of growth centre on linkage by identifying the stimulus such as infrastructure development, complementary investment, and NGO investments occurred in growth centres and the surrounding area. The study finally provides some arena of potentialities for further improvement of rural-urban linkage through more efficient policies.

Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries
Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries

Author: Frank Ellis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-06-29

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780198296966

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Rural families in developing countries make a living by engaging in diverse activities. These range from farming, to rural trade, to migration to distant cities and even abroad. This book explores the implications of rural livelihood diversity for key topics in development studies and for poverty reduction policies. The livelihoods approach is gaining momentum, and this is the first book to set it out in detail.