Chad - Poverty assessment : constraints to rural development
Lovei, Magda | Weiss, Charles, Jr.
This poverty assessment for Chad focuses on rural development, more specifically on agriculture, because agriculture is the most likely source for improving incomes that would benefit the majority. It also focuses on women, who contribute much of agricultural labor. This assessment finds a pattern of severe poverty in available indicators (potable water, toilets, housing), food security (nutrition, famine), survival, morbidity, education, or of household assets (such as plows), incomes, and expenditures. This pattern is often spread across the major regions, although several aspects such as famine, primary school enrollment, and the proportion of women-headed households differ across regions. Moreover, women in every region are particularly poor in terms of education, health, and land. The Assessment concludes that Chad can emerge from severe poverty and sustain improvements in well-being through the efforts of poor agricultural producers of livestock and crops. To raise producer prices, the government should invest in rehabilitating roads to reduce transport costs for producers Also, the government should reduce the implicit charge on cotton producers with cautious market liberalization. With higher incomes, producers could invest to increase their productivity. Also, higher and sustained investment in basic education and health, especially for girls, would further improve well-being and agricultural productivity.
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