Improving the Rural Investment Climate for Businesses : Key to Rural Income Generation

Sawada, Naotaka

World Bank, Washington, DC

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RP-ID  :  67842

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

An appropriate rural investment climate(RIC) is essential for rural businesses to be successful andgenerate employment and income in their communities.Improving the investment climate could facilitateincome-generation activities in both farm and nonfarmsectors, thus reducing rural poverty. Nonfarm sector focusedgrowth, combined with agricultural growth, and has beenshown by Delgado et al. (1998) to have a significant impacton the local economy through the generation of employmentand income. This study is the first to focus on both farmand nonfarm enterprises in its 2010 surveys of RIC in Yemen,Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Mozambique unlike six previousRIC assessment (RICA) pilot projects that focused only onnonfarm enterprises. This report assesses the weaknesses andstrengths of all RIC components in farm and nonfarmenterprises of the four countries surveyed, and recommendsmeasures to address the weaknesses. The report identifiessimilar business obstacles for farm and nonfarm enterprisesand four critical areas of the RIC to be improved. Theresults of the RICA are based on analyses of obstaclesperceived by rural entrepreneurs and on assessments by RICindicators, enterprise entry and exit, and enterpriseperformance. To have maximum synergy effects, farm andnonfarm enterprises should be promoted together.