Add to ORKGUneducated and unskilled boys and young men in rural Malawi have to find another source of income as agricultural produce has been dwindling down over the years. The surge in bicycle taxis in rural Malawi has been triggered by the quest for self-employment opportunities; increased mobility needs; poor road infrastructure networks; insufficient motorized transport; low demand for motorized transport; and low disposable incomes among rural Malawians to own private motorized transport. With limited industrialization, 80 percent of Malawians still live and work in rural areas. Studies of nonfarm activities in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) have concentrated on urban based activities, paying little attention on the rural based nonfarm income generatin...
In a recent IFPRI working paper, Van Cappellen and De Weerdt (2023), we show how urban growth reduce...
The capacity of agriculture to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities is exceeded by the rural...
Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activit...
Malawi has suffered from weak economic growth since its independence in 1964. Over 50 percentof the ...
Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world, and looks for ways to increase land productivity...
Rural sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a lack of transportation infrastructure, hindering rural acces...
In many African countries, a high proportion of the population resides in the rural areas and derive...
Road transport is the predominant mode of transportation in developing countries and is the major dr...
The data-sets downloadable are the baseline and endline household surveys conducted in 'treatment' v...
Malawi’s economy is highly dependent on agriculture of which 80 percent of those involved in agricul...
How do young people across Africa engage with the rural economy? And what are the implications for h...
Rural economic transformations in Africa are generating new opportunities to engage with agricultura...
Abstract This paper is about rural non-farm income and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa ...
PhD ThesisIn many countries, rural transformations are being shaped much by rural towns and small ci...
Despite ongoing urbanization, over 70% of the world's poor are located in rural areas (IFAD 2001). A...
In a recent IFPRI working paper, Van Cappellen and De Weerdt (2023), we show how urban growth reduce...
The capacity of agriculture to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities is exceeded by the rural...
Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activit...
Malawi has suffered from weak economic growth since its independence in 1964. Over 50 percentof the ...
Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world, and looks for ways to increase land productivity...
Rural sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a lack of transportation infrastructure, hindering rural acces...
In many African countries, a high proportion of the population resides in the rural areas and derive...
Road transport is the predominant mode of transportation in developing countries and is the major dr...
The data-sets downloadable are the baseline and endline household surveys conducted in 'treatment' v...
Malawi’s economy is highly dependent on agriculture of which 80 percent of those involved in agricul...
How do young people across Africa engage with the rural economy? And what are the implications for h...
Rural economic transformations in Africa are generating new opportunities to engage with agricultura...
Abstract This paper is about rural non-farm income and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa ...
PhD ThesisIn many countries, rural transformations are being shaped much by rural towns and small ci...
Despite ongoing urbanization, over 70% of the world's poor are located in rural areas (IFAD 2001). A...
In a recent IFPRI working paper, Van Cappellen and De Weerdt (2023), we show how urban growth reduce...
The capacity of agriculture to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities is exceeded by the rural...
Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activit...