This article reviews the recent literature on diversification as a livelihood strategy of rural
households in developing countries, with particular reference to sub‐Saharan Africa …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews recent advances in the empirical literature on the
role that households and families play in investing in human resources. It describes the …

Diversification of livelihoods is a commonly applied strategy for coping with economic and
environmental shocks and instrumental in poverty reduction. In this paper, we have …

Asset, activity and income diversification lie at the heart of livelihood strategies in rural
Africa. This paper introduces a special issue on the topic “Income Diversification and …

The diversity of rural livelihoods in low income developing countries is receiving increased
attention in discussions about rural poverty reduction. This paper explores just one facet of …

The labor market literature in developing countries has seldom drawn on the studies of rural
household income diversification. This paper draws on such studies to inform future study of …

Many semiarid regions of Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing vast increases in
human population pressure and urbanization. These augment the demand for agricultural …

Major advances in the use of geographic information systems have been made in both
anthropology and archaeology. Yet there are few published discussions of these new …

In the past many researchers and policy makers have viewed the rural economy of
developing countries as being synonymous with agriculture. According to this view, rural …

Noting that although families have always been characterized by change, there is strong
evidence that they are changing faster today than ever before. This book focuses on the …