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Effects of Regular Off-farm Activities on Household Agri-cultural Income: Evidence from Kenya’s Kerio Valley
(Sumy State University, 2019) Rakotoarisoa, M.A.; Kaitibie, S.
This paper contributes to clarifying the scientific debate on whether off-farm activities hurt or help agricultural income. The main purpose of this research is to estimate the impacts of rural household’s participation in regular off-farm activities on agricultural income. The literature indicates that off-farm activities affect rural household’s income but studies on their effect on agricultural income have remained largely inconclusive. Determining how off farm activities affect agricultural income is highly relevant for the decisions of poor rural households and policy makers to allocate resources efficiently and increase investment to combat poverty
Trade Liberalization – Labor Productivity Nexus: The Case of Sub Saharan Africa
(Sumy State University, 2019) Rakotoarisoa, M.A.; Khorana, S.; Narayanan, B.G.
This paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the weak growth of labor productivity in poor but open economies. The main purpose of the research is to estimate the welfare effects of the reciprocal preferential trade liberalization between Sub-Saharan Africa and the industrialized countries, taking into account the differences in labor productivity be-tween the two trading blocs.