Browsing Master's theses (HH) by Subject "households"
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Determinants of agricultural credit market participation and loan repayment performance in Finoteselam town, Northwestern Ethiopa
(Master thesis, 2010-11-15)Ethiopia is one of the world’s poorest nations with a per capita income of about US$157. About 44% of the population live below poverty line. Farmers often lack financial resources to make necessary investments in agriculture. ... -
Determinants of farm households' cropland allocation and crop diversification decisions: The role of fertilizer subsidies in Malawi
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)This study analyzes how fertilizer subsidies to maize production in Malawi affects farm households’ crop choice, cropland allocation and crop diversification level. The analysis is based on a three-year household survey ... -
Does off-farm income compete with farm income?: Evidence from Malawi
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)In rural areas of Malawi, where farmers have small land holding sizes, abundant labour resources and where markets are imperfect; off-farm income has complex but interesting linkages with farm productivity. The question ... -
Girls versus boys? Factors associated with children's schooling in rural Malawi
(Master thesis, 2012-11-14)The decision on whether to send children to school or not is essentially one made by the household. Recent research has increasingly focused on how intra-household bargaining affects the school participation decision, and ... -
Is Industrialization possible through Agricultural development Lead Industrialization?
(Master thesis, 2011-11-11)Ethiopia is an economically poor country where large people in the abyss of poverty. The economy is mainly agrarian with traditional mode of production that has led to underdeveloped economy. These facts instigate the ... -
Livelihood strategies and the prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi : the case of Central and Southern regions
(Master thesis, 2010-12-10)Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activities in an attempt to smooth consumption and improve on their general wellbeing. However, their choices to any of the ... -
Microfinance : Does it support households to achieve an income above self-sufficiency? Evidence from rural Northern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-01)While the expansion of Microfinance institutions throughout the third world is clear, the policy ramifications are not. As in many countries in Sub-‐Saharan Africa, program credit impact assessment has come under ... -
Productivity safety net program, shocks, and rural households asset building in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-14)This study explores how households in low-income country, without full access to credit and insurance market, built their productive asset in the face of shocks and subsistence constraints to their income. Particularly, ... -
Raising labour productivity to solve the paradox; labour shortage in the labour surplus economy; Malawi. (Is targeted fertilizer subsidy the solution?)
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)Rural Malawian households are facing seasonal labour shortage problem at the peak time of their agricultural season while they are farming in a generally labour surplus economy. This problem is shared by many developing ... -
Social capital and household income distribution: Analyzing participation and household income effects of women groups in Mwingi District in Eastern Kenya
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)This study investigates the impact of development aid channeled through local women groups in Mwingi district, Eastern Kenya. My main objective is to investigate whether the poorest households participate in these local ... -
Thinking smart about electricity usage : How can advanced demand response programs affect consumption of electricity?
(Master thesis, 2011-10-24)Recent developments in the Nordic power system have shown some negative trends that relate to all actors in the market. Overall increase in prices and periods with extremely high prices are observed and operational problems ...