An Analysis of Savings Among Rural Poor Households in Rwanda

Maniriho, Aristide; Musabanganji, Edouard; Lebailly, Philippe

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“…Consistently, Allen et al. (2016) and Maniriho and Nilsson (2018) reported that there is limited non-farm opportunities in the rural Rwanda. According to Ghebru and Zavale (2018), non-farm livelihood strategies arise as survival strategies following the failure of rural people to obtain employment in agriculture and, therefore, revert to non-farm livelihood activities to improve their wellbeing and to fill the gap that the agriculture sector is unable to address.…”

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Rural youths' choice of livelihood strategies and their effect on income poverty and food security in Rwanda

Kangondo

Ndyetabula

Mdoe

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PurposeThis study aims at exploring the choices of livelihood strategies amongst the rural youth and how these choices relate to food security and income poverty.Design/methodology/approachThe study used data from the 2016/17 wave of Integrated Household Living Condition Survey, with a sample size of 1,050 rural youths. Statistical and econometrics methods including descriptive statistics and the Multinomial Endogenous Treatment Effect (METE) model were used to analyse the data.FindingsLivelihood choices were grouped into five categories, namely agriculture, non-farm wage employment, agriculture plus non-farm wage, agriculture plus self-employment and agriculture plus non-farm wage plus self-employment. The estimates from METE indicate that the youths' choice of non-farm wage, agriculture plus non-farm wage and agriculture plus self-employment contributes substantially to household food security improvement and poverty reduction. These findings show that agriculture is necessary but not a sufficient livelihood strategy to sustain the rural youth's contribution to youth's household welfare. The rural youth will pursue agriculture as a reliable source of livelihood not only for food self-sufficiency, but also for ensuring adequate return to labour.Originality/valueThis paper extends single choice analysis to multiple choices impact analysis, which has the advantage of accounting for selection bias due to both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. This paper assesses the differential impact of the choice of single as well as multiple livelihood strategies.

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“…(2013) state that large land holding size inspire the choice of farming. According to Maniriho and Nilsson (2018) and Nilsson (2016), asset endowments and access to credit motivate people to choose non-farm livelihood strategies. Additionally, Teshager et al.…”

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Rural youths' choice of livelihood strategies and their effect on income poverty and food security in Rwanda

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Ndyetabula

Mdoe

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“…Like other previous EICVs, the EICV5 (2016/17) has been used in various academic studies and research projects (Diao et al 2021;Khundi-Mkomba 2021;Maniriho et al 2020: 21-41;Muremyi et al 2019;Nsabimana et al 2021Nsabimana et al , 2022. For instance, Maniriho et al (2020) use EICV5 to evaluate rural household savings and their implications on welfare in Rwanda. Diao et al (2021) assess the impacts of COVID-19 on household incomes and poverty based on a microsimulation approach, again using EICV5 as the main data source.…”

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Tax-benefit microsimulation model in Rwanda: A feasibility study

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The nature of investment climate through a facet of public investment: The emerging market case

Mpanza

Mashau

2022

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The purpose of this article is to table the nature of investment climate through a perspective of public investment. The investment climate of a city is the responsibility of the city’s municipal management (Biyase & Rooderick, 2018). Thus, this article provides insight into public investment in order to highlight the public sector’s role to ensure a good investment climate. The article focuses on KwaZulu-Natal secondary cities, particularly Newcastle and the City of uMhlathuze (Richards Bay). This article followed a qualitative approach. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Thematic data analysis was adopted with the aid of NVivo version 12. Analysis and interpretation of the result are presented through models developed from NVivo. The key finding of this article discusses investment climate in secondary cities through the lance of the public sector’s role in attracting investment by packaging effective investment incentives, planning and executing programs and projects to attract and retain investment, and targeting countries for inflow foreign direct investment based on the city’s sectors, not political diplomacy. Moreover, key findings reveal that each of the identified cities has autonomous independence to package their own investment incentives to advance their investment climate. Respondents pointed out that Richards Bay has an industrial development zone that is aimed at attracting investors across the globe. Furthermore, respondents highlighted that the city has investment incentives, but they are not applicable to the city.

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An Analysis of Savings Among Rural Poor Households in Rwanda

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References 37 publications

Rural youths' choice of livelihood strategies and their effect on income poverty and food security in Rwanda

Rural youths' choice of livelihood strategies and their effect on income poverty and food security in Rwanda

Tax-benefit microsimulation model in Rwanda: A feasibility study

The nature of investment climate through a facet of public investment: The emerging market case

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