Dereje Haile|Aklilu Seyoum|Alemu Azmeraw
Does building the resilience of rural households reduce multidimensional poverty? Analysis of panel data in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University
enhancing resilience capacity holds key welfare improvement assumptions resilience led curbing poverty fact empirics limited ascertain linkages resilience multidimensional poverty find implications policy uptake ethiopia study addresses role household resilience capacity multidimensional poverty reduction using ethiopian socioeconomic survey data collected central statistical agency collaboration world bank living standard measurement study 201112 1516 study finds steady decline multidimensional poverty response slight increases resilience capacity reduction emanated greater change headcount intensity deprivation fixed effect estimate indicated enhancing resilience capacity decisive factor responsible multidimensional poverty reduction nevertheless resilience panacea therefore rural households curb multidimensional poverty increasing crop income commercialization gradually diversifying nonfarm income sources moreover wage labor participation literacy saving economically active members found open opportunities sustained multidimensional poverty escapes dynamic random effect probit model also confirmed existence genuine state dependence multidimensional poverty rural ethiopia findings suggested government policies aimed enhancing resilience multidimensional poverty adopt productive inclusion rural transformation promoting synergistic ruralurban linkages also ensures balanced mix infrastructure development would improve market access promote rural nonfarm sector commercialization livelihood diversification support migration making urban development migrantfriendly ensuring sustainable financial inclusion poor increasing access basic services also part strategy implied striving sustainable multidimensional poverty reduction demands change patterns labor mobility livelihood transition urbanization