Household Income Structure and Determinants in Rural Egypt / Structure et facteurs déterminants des revenus des ménages ruraux en Egypte / Estructura de los ingresos de los hogares y sus determinantes en el Egipto rural /

	ESA Working Paper No. 06-02 Household Income Structure and Determinants in Rural Egypt by André Croppenstedt Summary PDF (624 KB)
	Agricultural and Development Economics Division The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


	Summary Egypt is on track to achieve its long-term goal of reducing the poverty rate to 6 percent by 2022. Continued progress towards this goal will require rapid employment growth for which agriculture growth, through its impact on demand for goods and services in the rural non-tradable sector will be of fundamental importance. This paper considers which agricultural policies will be most effective at reducing rural poverty in Egypt . Using household survey data from 1997 the study analyzes household income structure and determinants. Results indicate that agricultural policies that help to raise unskilled labor wages and/or increase demand for unskilled labor as well as those that support small animal/bird raising, in particular poultry, are best suited to help the poor. A longer-term strategy must also focus on enhancing formal sector employment through increased access to education for men and in particular women.

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ESA Working Paper No. 06-02