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Pathways Out of Poverty During an Economic Crisis : An Empirical Assessment of Rural Indonesia

dc.contributor.author McCulloch, Neil
dc.contributor.author Weisbrod, Julian
dc.contributor.author Timmer, C. Peter
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-06T14:08:27Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-06T14:08:27Z
dc.date.issued 2007-03
dc.description.abstract Most poor people in developing countries still live in rural areas and are primarily engaged in low productivity farming activities. Thus pathways out of poverty are likely to be strongly connected to productivity increases in the rural economy, whether they are realized in farming, in rural nonfarm enterprises, or by way of rural-urban migration. The authors use cross-sectional data from the Central Statistical Board for 1993 and 2002, as well as a panel data set from the Indonesia Family Life Survey for 1993 and 2000, to show which pathways out of poverty were most successful over this period. The findings suggest that increased engagement of farmers in rural nonfarm enterprises is an important route out of rural poverty, but that most of the rural agricultural poor that exit poverty still do so while remaining rural and agricultural. So changes in agricultural prices, wages, and productivity still play a critical role in moving people out of poverty. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7471884/pathways-out-poverty-during-economic-crisis-empirical-assessment-rural-indonesia
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7217
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4173
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subject AVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subject COMMERCIAL FARMERS
dc.subject COMMERCIAL FARMS
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject CONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subject DATA SETS
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subject EMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject FARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subject FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject FARM OUTPUT
dc.subject FARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject FARM SECTOR
dc.subject FARM WORK
dc.subject FARM WORKERS
dc.subject FARMER
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FARMING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject FERTILITY
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD SHARE
dc.subject GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject HEADCOUNT POVERTY
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HIGH GROWTH
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject ILLNESS
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject IMPROVING GROWTH
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DATA
dc.subject INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LONG-RUN IMPACT
dc.subject MEAN INCOME
dc.subject MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject MODERNIZATION
dc.subject MULTIPLIERS
dc.subject NON-FARM OUTPUT
dc.subject NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject NUMBER OF WORKERS
dc.subject OLD AGE
dc.subject OPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject OUTPUT GROWTH
dc.subject PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject POLITICAL TURMOIL
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POORER REGIONS
dc.subject POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject POVERTY CHANGES
dc.subject POVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subject POVERTY GAP
dc.subject POVERTY INDEX
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY LINES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY STATUS
dc.subject PRO-POOR
dc.subject PRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject RAPID GROWTH
dc.subject REAL INCOME
dc.subject REAL INCOMES
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject REDUCTION OF POVERTY
dc.subject RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject RURAL ECONOMY
dc.subject RURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject RURAL FARM
dc.subject RURAL FARMERS
dc.subject RURAL INCOME
dc.subject RURAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject RURAL REGIONS
dc.subject RURAL VILLAGES
dc.subject RURAL WORKERS
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject SEX
dc.subject SHARP REDUCTION
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject SPOUSE
dc.subject SQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subject STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subject SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subject TOTAL POVERTY
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subject URBAN POOR
dc.subject URBAN WORKERS
dc.subject URBANIZATION
dc.subject VILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WORKFORCE
dc.title Pathways Out of Poverty During an Economic Crisis : An Empirical Assessment of Rural Indonesia en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7471884/pathways-out-poverty-during-economic-crisis-empirical-assessment-rural-indonesia
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4173
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20070320111814
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 7471884
okr.identifier.report WPS4173
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/03/20/000016406_20070320111814/Rendered/PDF/wps4173.pdf en
okr.region.administrative East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country Indonesia
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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