- Title
- Vulnerability and poverty dynamics in rural areas of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Creator
- Baiyegunhi, Lloyd J S, Fraser, Gavin C G
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/473079
- Identifier
- vital:77604
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/74661
- Description
- If the aim of studying poverty is not only improving the well-being of households who are currently poor, but also preventing people from becoming poor in the future, a new forward looking perspective must be adopted. This study analyses determinants of household poverty dynamics in rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa using a panel dataset on a representative sample of 300 rural households in the Amathole District Municipality. The result of the study shows a significant flow in and out of poverty, which is a sign of vulnerability. While 63% of the sampled households are poor (ex post), while 48% are vulnerable to becoming poor (ex ante) in future. The result of the probit model indicates that age, level of education and household heads’ occupation, dependency ratio, remittance/diversified income base, exposure to idiosyncratic risks and access to credit are statistically significant in explaining households’ vulnerability to poverty. Implications for policy are discussed.
- Format
- 16 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ghana Journal of Development Studies, Baiyegunhi, L.J.S. and Fraser, G.C.G., 2011. Vulnerability and poverty dynamics in rural areas of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 8(2), pp.84-100, Ghana Journal of Development Studies volume 8 number 2 84 100 2011 0855-6768
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