Ethiopia - Rural Income Diagnostics Study : Leveraging the Transformation in the Agri-Food System and Global Trade to Expand Rural Incomes
Ethiopia began the decade on a great run, with high economic growth and significant gains in poverty reduction nationally. But the gains were unevenly shared. Multiple shocks at the beginning of the new decade threaten to discontinue progress and p...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099206108302211082/P168019097424b0570b86c08f34bccab45c http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37954 |
| Summary: | Ethiopia began the decade on a great
run, with high economic growth and significant gains in
poverty reduction nationally. But the gains were unevenly
shared. Multiple shocks at the beginning of the new decade
threaten to discontinue progress and possibly undo most of
the gains made in the recent past. This rural income
diagnostics (RID) study seeks to inform how to promote
growth in rural incomes to accelerate poverty reduction. The
objective of the RID is to examine how those who currently
reside in rural areas can have higher incomes in the future,
which can entail one or more members moving to urban areas.
The focus is on income growth that results in higher incomes
on average, but also income that is less volatile because of
due consideration to effective risk reduction and
management, and to ensuring that growth is sustainable.
While the RID focuses only on income that is earned by rural
households, it is much more detailed in its identification
of the constraints because of this narrower focus. The
diagnostic provides evidence to validate constraints and key
areas of focus in ongoing agriculture and rural policy
reforms and other relevant reforms under the Homegrown
Economic Reform Agenda (HGERA), elevate the importance of
some reforms where immediate action is required, and provide
empirical arguments to support important policy
interventions where consensus may be lacking or there is
policy hesitation. |
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