Livelihood Strategies and Dynamics in Rural Cambodia
Livelihood Strategies and Dynamics in Rural Cambodia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.019
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发表时间：
2017-09
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Xi Jiao;M. Pouliot;Solomon Zena Walelign
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作者：
Xi Jiao;M. Pouliot;Solomon Zena Walelign
本文讨论了农村生计分析的主要挑战之一，定量研究家庭生计战略的动态。它调查生计资产、活动和成果之间的相互作用，并捕捉长期变化的动态及其根本因素。这项研究的目的是确定农村生计战略的分类，其过渡和影响这些进程和变化的因素。我们采用动态生计战略框架，并使用2008年和2012年的面板数据，覆盖464户家庭在柬埔寨的15个村庄，潜在类聚类分析和回归估计。在本文中，生计战略量化的基础上分配的可用资源，这克服了基于收入的分析的局限性。我们的研究确定了五个家庭的生计策略在研究领域，结果表明，超过70%的家庭改变生计策略随着时间的推移，以应对不断变化的压力，激励措施和机会。该研究确定了影响生计战略选择的协变量，并影响家庭获得更有利可图的战略，如教育、实物资产所有权和获得基础设施的机会。这些研究结果表明，改善低收入群体的生计选择范围，以摆脱贫困陷阱的政策含义。
This paper addresses one of the major challenges in rural livelihood analysis to quantitatively examine the dynamics of household livelihood strategies. It investigates the interactions between livelihood assets, activities, and outcomes, and captures the dynamics of long-term changes and their underlying factors. The study aims to identify the classification of rural livelihood strategies, their transitions and factors influencing these processes and changes. We employ the dynamic livelihood strategy framework, and use panel data for 2008 and 2012 covering 464 households in 15 villages in Cambodia, for latent class cluster analysis and regression estimation. In this paper, livelihood strategies are quantified based on allocation of available resources, which overcomes the limitations of income-based analysis. Our study identifies five household livelihood strategies pursued in the study areas, and the results show that over 70% of households change livelihood strategies over time in response to evolving pressures, incentives and opportunities. The study identifies covariates that shape the choices of livelihood strategies and affects the households’ access to more remunerative strategies, such as education, ownership of physical assets, and access to infrastructure. These findings suggest policy implications for improving the range of livelihood choices available to lower income groups to move out of poverty trap.