Rural livelihood change? Household capital, community resources and livelihood transition

Bhandari, Prem

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.05.001

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“…Accordingly, household capital, comprised of human, financial, physical and social capital, is the main determinant of household likelihood (Bhandari, 2013). Those forms of capital are also assumed to influence household credit accessibility.…”

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“…12, No. 8;2016 Therefore, selection bias can be due to differences in the distributions of characteristics between credit recipients and credit non-recipients groups (or comparison groups). The selection of a comparison group which is not representative of the population can create control selection bias.…”

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“…12, No. 8;2016 households which have per capita monthly income of around 1 VND million or around $50 (GSO, 2014). Funds mobilized from the population represented 60.60% of capital structure and the bank has covered 45.29% of total rural households with formal savings in Vietnam (Agribank, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…12, No. 8;2016 makes up nearly 29% of the total national area and is characterized by a high proportion of rural residents (see Table 1 for further details). Another characteristic of the region is that there is a higher number of ethnic minorities compared to other regions of the country.…”

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“…12, No. 8;2016 Farming in the region is characterized by a particularly small scale. Crop diversification is a common characteristic of farm households.…”

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Is Access to Agribank Credit an Effective Tool in Improving Household Income? Evidence from the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam

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Access to credit has been thought to be a key factor in rural development and poverty reduction. In Vietnam, the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) emerged from the mono-tier banking system in 1988 and performs as a profit-oriented commercial bank sustaining the development of rural areas. During the last two decades, the bank has clearly expanded its share of credit outstanding in total rural credit market volume and this process is in line with the trending development of the national economy. The aim of this study is to examine whether Agribank credit improves household income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam, where the poor and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the population. In order to create robust estimates, a joint consideration of all four matching algorithms (nearest-neighbor matching, radius matching, Kernel matching and stratification matching) is applied to the Propensity Score Matching. The study found that access to extension services, ethnicity, and total savings emerged as reliable predictors of credit access among household endowments. Loan volumes increase with total value of household assets. In addition, the impact of credit lies in the range increase of 14.56% to 43.78% of total income, 12.09% to 51.83% of per capita income and 43.64% to 111.60% of nonfarm income of household with credit access. The agricultural bank credit has contributed in improving household income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam. Results in this study provide further support for the hypothesis that the remarkable progress in poverty reduction in the last two decades in Vietnam is partly attributed to the development of Agribank credit. Experiences of the Agribank in lending to rural areas could be worthwhile for intermediary financial institutions to support rural development in Vietnam.

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Section: Methods 221 Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methods 221 Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…12, No. 8;2016 Farming in the region is characterized by a particularly small scale. Crop diversification is a common characteristic of farm households.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Socioeconomic outcomes of ecological restoration projects and parallel policies: A case‐study of the agro‐pastoral ecotone in northern China

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Clarifying the socioeconomic processes and outcomes of ecological restoration projects (ERPs) is important to the ERP's effectiveness or performance. In addition, ERPs are often carried out in parallel with other policies and may have complex and integrated impacts on social-ecological systems. However, few studies have included the impact of such parallel policies in their analysis. Here, the agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China, which contains several national ERPs and grass-based livestock husbandry promotion policies, was used to analyze the socioeconomic outcomes in the context of multi-policies. Specifically, we developed a framework to integrate linkages between multiple ecosystem management policies, livelihood assets, activities, and socioeconomic outcomes and used a structural equation model to distinguish the contributions and pathways of multi-policies to socioeconomic outcomes. Thus, our framework follows the cascading effects of multi-policies from the perspective of rural livelihoods while highlighting the diverse socioeconomic impacts. The results showed that grass-based livestock husbandry and the local economy had a more significant impact on rural income compared to ERPs. However, it is worth noting that the agricultural structure has also changed with the development of grass-based livestock husbandry, which may have a negative feedback effect on the ERP effectiveness. In other words, complementarity and offsetting can occur between ERPs and parallel policies. Our study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the social-ecological processes and outcomes, thereby providing new methods and insights for future scientific policymaking.

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Rural livelihood change? Household capital, community resources and livelihood transition

Cited by 171 publications

References 30 publications

Is Access to Agribank Credit an Effective Tool in Improving Household Income? Evidence from the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam

Is Access to Agribank Credit an Effective Tool in Improving Household Income? Evidence from the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam

Recycled Wastewater from Sewage Treatment Plants for Sustainable Agriculture

Socioeconomic outcomes of ecological restoration projects and parallel policies: A case‐study of the agro‐pastoral ecotone in northern China

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