scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND POVERTY REDUCTION OF BANGLADESH

10.26458/1819 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Haradhan Kumar MOHAJAN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Southern Asia ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The Government

This study aims to investigate the food production and poverty reduction of Bangladesh in brief. Although the country faces various problems for the economic progress since the independent in 1971, in the last forty eight years the increase of food production and poverty reduction of the country became remarkably. Bangladesh is a densely populated developing country in the southern Asia. The Government of Bangladesh is trying efficiently to reduce poverty of the country. In Bangladesh about 20% of the populations still live below the poverty line, heavily undernourished with inadequate access to safe and nutritious food for a healthy life. The data of the study were collected through the secondary sources of the country. In Bangladesh, during 2000 to 2005, income poverty reduced from 48.9% to 40.0%, 2010 to 2016 reduced from 31.50% to 20%, and in 2018 it is expected to reduce in 16%. An attempt has been taken here to show the ways to increase more food production and poverty reduction of the country.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH MICRO CREDIT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
T. Indumathi ◽  
G. Savaraiah
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micro Credit

The World Bank's Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Project supports the self helf groups of the women members. It promotes women's social, economic, legal and political empowerment to reduce poverty among the poor and the poorest of the poor. The important object of this article is to examine the impact of micronance on the socio economic empowerment of the rural women supported by the national reputed NGO- Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS). 184 women members of the SHGs promoted by Rasthriya Seva Samathi (RASS) an NGO which located in Tirupati town. 184 samples are selected randomly from 15 SHGs scattered throughout the Tirupati rural mandal (Taluk) from the area of the study have been considered to conduct the present research study. The study reveals that 87.71 percent of the sample women were below the poverty line before joining the SHGs. As a result of SHG, about 40 percent of the sample women crossed the poverty line. The highest intensive value indicates that more women have participated in social agitations for the welfare of the children and the society. The second highest intensity reveals that considerable numbers of women of SHGs have participated in the government sponsored schemes. The 1st point secured 3rd rank with total intensity value of 605 which status that the micro credit has resulted in increased social status and empowerment.

scholarly journals Decomposition Analysis of Poverty among Rural Farming Household in Oyo State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Adeleye Ifeoluwa A. ◽  
Obabire Ibikunle E. ◽  
Fasuan Yetunde O. ◽  
Babadiji Abike O.
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Household Size ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Farming Households

The incidence of poverty in Nigeria is worrisome, and it has constituted a national menace. The occurrence of poverty incidence had been found to be more pronounced among Rural farming households in the country. However, paucity of data exists in terms of decomposition of household poverty into relevant subgroups using their socio-economic characteristics. Therefore, this paper assessed the decomposition analysis of poverty among rural farming Households in Oyo State, Nigeria using the data collected through a well-structured interview schedule from 170 respondents who were selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure. Data collected were described using frequency counts and percentage while poverty Indices was analyzed using Foster-Greer Thorbecke model and Decomposition analysis. The findings revealed that higher proportion (73.5%) of the respondents were above 40 years, 65.3% were male, 78.2% were married and 27.6% had secondary education, while 62.4% had household size of between 5 and 9 persons. Majority (79.4%) had farm size of more than 1.5 hectares and 62.9% had no access to remittance. Poverty incidence (P0) was 40.59%, Poverty depth/gap (P1) was 16.11% and Poverty severity (P2) was 0.09%, among the respondents using income-poverty line measure. Decomposition analysis showed that Poverty was high among households that were headed by male, young with low literacy level, and large household size. The severity of poverty was higher among households headed by labour of other farms. Effective poverty reduction strategies should therefore focus on education, livelihood diversification and control of household size.

scholarly journals ANALISIS SPASIAL KELEMBAGAAN PETANI DAN KEMISKINAN PETANI TANAMAN PANGAN MENGGUNAKAN GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION DI PROVINSI JAMBI

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Inti Pertiwi Nashwari ◽  
Ernan Rustiadi ◽  
Hermanto Siregar ◽  
Bambang Juanda
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Weighted Regression ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Crop Farmer

<p class="judulabstrakindo"><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p class="abstrak">Empat puluh persen (40%) masyarakat Indonesia yang terlibat dalam pertanian masih hidup di bawah garis kemiskinan. Berbagai upaya-upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah untuk mengurangi tingginya jumlah petani miskin belum mampu menurunkan kemiskinan petani secara berarti. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengaruh kegiatan pertanian, fasilitas fisik pertanian dan akses kelembagaan petani terhadap pengurangan kemiskinan petani tanaman pangan di Provinsi Jambi. Provinsi Jambi dipilih sebagai lokasi penelitian karena wilayah ini memiliki kemiskinan di pedesaan yang tinggi dan Nilai Tukar Petani (NTP) yang paling rendah di Indonesia. Pendekatan spasial metode <em>Geographically Weighted Regression</em> (GWR) dipilih sebagai pendekatan alternatif dalam analisis kemiskinan petani karena dapat mempertimbangkan adanya keragaman karakteristik kemiskinan dan penyebab kemiskinan yang berbeda di masing-masing wilayah. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa banyaknya desa dengan jaringan jalan beton/aspal berpengaruh signifikan dalam menurunkan kemiskinan petani tanaman pangan di beberapa kecamatan Kabupaten Kerinci, satu kecamatan di Kabupaten Merangin dan seluruh kecamatan di Kabupaten Sungai Penuh. Semakin besar persentase desa yang melakukan kegiatan pemberdayaan dana bergulir/simpan pinjam untuk modal usaha pertanian selama tiga tahun terakhir di Kabupaten Sungai Penuh dan beberapa kecamatan di Kabupaten Kerinci akan menurunkan jumlah kemiskinan petani tanaman pangan di wilayah tersebut. Keberadaan fasilitas irigasi dan kegiatan pertanian tidak ada yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap penurunan kemiskinan petani tanaman pangan.</p><p class="abstrak"><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: kemiskinan, petani tanaman pangan, analisis spasial, <em>Geographically Weighted Regression</em></p><p class="judulabstraking"><em><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></em></p><p class="keyword"><em>Forty percent (40%) of Indonesian people in agriculture sectors are still living under the poverty line. The government policies have been implemented to reduce poor farmers but it’s not significant. The purpose of this study is to describe the spatial pattern of agricultural activity, the agricultural facilities and farmers access to the farm institution and to analyze its impact on poverty reduction in food crop farmers in Jambi Province. Jambi Province is selected because have high number of poverty in rural area and the lowest Farmer’s Term of Trade Indices (NTP) in Indonesia. Spatial approach Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) was used to analyze the factors influencing the poverty among food crops famers and consider the diversity of the characteristics of poverty and a cause of poverty is different in each region. The result of this study are rural area with asphaltroads was significantly influence reducing poverty food crop farmers in several districts Kerinci, districts Merangin and districts Sungai Penuh. Rural area with empowerment activities by revolving fund for agriculture also significantly influence reducing poverty food crop farmers in the district Sungai Penuh and district Kerinci in the last three years. The irrigation facilities and agricultural activities not significant reduce farmers crops poverty.</em></p><p class="keyword"><em><strong>Keywords</strong>: poverty, food crop farmer, spatial analysis, Geographically Weighted Regression</em></p>

scholarly journals Increase The State Of Poverty In Jordan During The Period 2010-2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Jameel Aljaloudi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
National Level ◽  
Welfare Economic ◽  
The State ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Fiscal Conditions ◽  
Poverty Lines ◽  
The Government

This research aims to study the change in poverty rates in Jordan and the governorates during the period 2010-2017. In estimating poverty rates, the method used by the government in the report on the state of poverty in Jordan for the year 2012 was adopted. This method is similar to the method of the World Bank in estimating global poverty rates. In assessing poverty lines for the year 2017, poverty lines for the year 2010 were re-estimated based on the change in inflation rates and the change in the standard household size at the national and governorate levels during the period 2010-2017. The research relied on national and international secondary sources to collect data related to income, economic growth, and unemployment. Mainly, in this research, reference was made to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey for the year 2010 and 2017 that was conducted by the Jordanian Department of General Statistics. The results of the research showed a significant increase in poverty rates at the national level. It increased from (14.4%) in 2010 to (22.2%) in 2017. With the exception of Ma’an Governorate, all governorates showed a significant increase in their poverty rates. The results also showed the great variation in poverty rates between governorates. These results indicate that the goals contained in the government’s poverty reduction strategies have not been achieved. The reason is not only due to the content and implementation of these plans, but also to the slowdown in economic growth rates and the high unemployment rates since 2010. It is also expected that the rise in the state of poverty will continue due to the deterioration of the economic conditions and will continue with the Corona pandemic, the end of which cannot be foreseen. This situation constitutes more pressure on the government to provide appropriate solutions to alleviate the state of poverty, especially in the difficult fiscal conditions it has faced recently. Keywords: poverty, welfare economic, income distribution, economic growth, unemployment.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Effect of Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) on Small-Scale Farmers in the Kara Region of Togo

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
John-Philippe Essiagnon Alavo ◽  
Emefa Adzowa-Sika Cogbe ◽  
Xiangmei Li ◽  
Gershom Mwalupaso Endelani ◽  
Ekram Abdalgadir Eltom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cropping Seasons ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
The Impact

The government of Togo reintroduced Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) as one of its Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) in 2002. Since the introduction of the program, the studies that evaluate its effects on income have focused either on fertilizer or seed component, but not on both, which made it a challenge to find out what improvements in small-scale farmers&rsquo; productivity can be attributed to FISP as a whole. Using Propensity Score Matching technique with collected data from 150 randomly surveyed households in the Kara region of Togo, the authors of the study estimated the impact of FISP on beneficiary households&rsquo; output from maize production. The results show that FISP augmented household annual maize income by 30.8% and total household income by 13.9% for both 2016/17 and 2017/18 cropping seasons. However, even though FISP is achieving its objective of improving small-scale farmers&rsquo; income, this increment is still not large enough to take households above the poverty line, and the effects of FISP to reduce overall poverty is also limited.

E-Government Approaches to Facilitate the Process of Democracy in the Administration of Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
pp. 127-138
Author(s):  
Musleh Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Md. Abir Hasan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

In order to expedite the process of democracy, through the openness the functions of government's administration, multifarious initiatives have been taken by almost every government in the world. The most recent and viable one is the initiative of e-government. The main aim of e-government is to make the administration ready to endow accountability, transparency, and to ease the communication process between the government and the citizens. Bangladesh is a developing country in the world, has initiated a massive programs to introduce the e-government application through the different administrative levels. Moreover, the special emphasis has been given in the field administration of Bangladesh where from almost 70% citizens directly benefited and take part into the administrative process. However, the gap is yet not up to mark to promote the actual level of democracy. This chapter will elaborate different initiatives of e-government taken by the government of Bangladesh for endorsing the process of democracy. Moreover, the actual present situation of government will also be outlined here. In order to elaborate this paper different secondary sources of data such as, books, journals, web, etc. will be used as much as possible.

scholarly journals Regional Differentials in Multidimensional Poverty in Nepal: Rethinking Dimensions and Method of Computation

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401983745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivas Goli ◽  
Nagendra Kumar Maurya ◽  
Moradhvaj ◽  
Prem Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Index ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Nationally Representative

This article examines the extent of regional inequality in multidimensional poverty in Nepal using the nationally representative Nepal Demographic Health Survey (2011) data. The authors present a more robust method of multidimensional poverty index (MPI), particularly in terms of the procedure of estimation and aggregation of the indicators as compared with previous studies. The findings suggest that despite the relatively better economic progress and a considerable reduction in education and health poverty, there is a wide inequality across the regions. Far less has been achieved in the case of reducing the standard of living poverty, that is, wealth poverty and inequalities across the regions. The article finds that global MPI tends to inflate poverty estimates in the case of Nepal. It also suggests that development policies and poverty reduction programs in Nepal must aim to reduce multidimensional poverty, of which deprivation in education, health and basic amenities must be an integral component, along with their efforts to improve economic growth and reduce income poverty.

scholarly journals Small ruminants as a pathway to reduce urban poverty: An empirical analysis of Sudan

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2017-2024
Author(s):  
Raga Elzaki ◽  
Samar Abdalla ◽  
Mohammed Al-Mahish
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Livestock Sector

Aim: This study aimed to measure the energetic incidence of poverty and determines the main factors that cause urban poverty. Moreover, the study examines the key role of the livestock sector in poverty reduction in urban regions and develops an analytical tool to aid in urban area poverty mitigation through goats and sheep ownership. Materials and Methods: The study mainly depends on primary data assembled through structured and unstructured questionnaires, which were distributed among the targeted groups in the urban area in Sudan. Poverty line and poverty indices were calculated and measured using various well-known methods. The causes of poverty were estimated using logistic regression, and the effect of small ruminants in poverty alleviation was estimated using multivariate regression analysis. Results: The study findings indicate that both food and income poverty lines are less than the standard poverty line. In addition, the results imply that rural migration and crime predictors are among the most important factors in increasing urban poverty in the study area. Furthermore, livestock ownership has a significant impact on poverty reduction. Conclusion: The study concludes that small ruminants are playing a key role in reducing urban poverty. Thus, the study urges planners and policy-makers to support policies that promote livestock sector development as a strategy to alleviate poverty in Sudan.

scholarly journals POST DEMONETISATION EFFECT ON BANKING SECTOR, MICRO FINANCING INSTITUTIONS (MFI) AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Kandarp Vidyasagar ◽  
Rajiv Kr. Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Come ◽  
Good Number

Purpose of this study: This study aims at investigating the effect of demonetisation on the major sectors of the Indian economy i.e. banking sector, micro-financing sector, and employment sector. The government of India claims demonetisation as a tool to tackle inflation, black money, corruption, crime, and terror funding, while others call it harassment attitude. Methodology: In this regard, a survey has been done to collect data from secondary sources. Further data were analysed graphically. Results: The study reveals that there is marginal control over black money. The financial institution RBI suffered a loss due to excess of cash collection and failed to regulate the money properly. The employment sector is affected and a good number of people lost their jobs. Also, micro-financing institutions (MFI’s) business was affected worstly. Social Implications/Applications: The MFIs and SMEs should be promoted and provided with legal financial assistance in order to compensate for their loss so that the 30% of citizens living below the poverty line get relief. Novelty/Originality of this study: This combined study on various sectors gives a clear picture of the effects of post demonetisation in India which can help in predicting Indian economic conditions for the years to come.

A Financial Inclusion as a Catalyst for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Akeem Olaide Abimbola
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

The purpose of this article is to examine the role financial inclusion can play in the reduction of poverty in Nigeria. Financial inclusion which can be explained as access to formal financial services such as credit, savings and insurance opportunities is still very vague in developing countries such as Nigeria where there is high level of poverty. The country has a large number of ‘unbanked’ people whose business activities are not captured in the country’s economic reports. These ‘unbanked’ populaces are illiterates who are either unemployed or under employed and lack access to financial services and information, and are totally excluded in the financial ecosystem and market. It examines the roles of government and financial institutions and the use of various mobile initiatives such as mobile banking, mobile money, agent banking etc. as financial inclusion tools to stimulate poverty reduction. Time series analysis on data obtained from secondary sources between the periods of 1992 and 2016 was adopted by the authors and the study covered financial inclusion as it relates to unbanked people in Nigeria. Other empirical studies in this field were used to strengthen the OLS findings. It was concluded that majority of the ‘unbanked’ in Nigeria are low income people who do not have access to financial services and information on financial inclusion. While few are timid on the need to use a bank, a large number of them are willing to use banking services and believe the availability of these services will help improve their economic condition. At the end of the paper, it is recommended that the government should encourage Banks to continue to take advantage of all the financial inclusion policies of the government in mobilizing funds from the informal sector into the banking system and this can be best done by increasing the amount of customers within the financial system as a tool for encouraging financial inclusion and stimulating the economy and thereby reducing poverty in the country

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