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HANDBOOK ON RURAL HOUSEHOLD, LIVELIHOOD AND WELL-BEING: STATISTICS ON RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Chapter VII
RECOMMENDED CORE SET OF INDICATORS AND EXTENDED SETS
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Main purpose of Chapter VII
To provide a STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK to both identify and construct a core set of indicators that will be useful to describe “rurality”
To give RECOMMENDATIONS based on considerations of operational feasibility
Analytical and summary indicators for rurality
There are strong expectations for this part of the Handbook as analysts and policy makers would like to have the right and few indicators to follow “rurality”
Nowadays a large number of statistical indicators are available to measure socio-economic phenomena
Many indicators are put forward in publications and on web-sites by national, international and independent institutions
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A SELECTION of suitable indicators requires account to be taken of the:
MEASURABILITY of the specific categories
RELEVANCE to the rural phenomena
CORRELATION of the variables under consideration
etc...
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a dimension difficult to classify
Definition requires one to take account of:
population density
distance to services centre
Statistics requires administrative units to be classified
often, localities within these units can be classified
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The territorial nature of rurality
Two overlapping sets of indicators
Indicators in relationship to two extreme approaches to the definition of rural:
the SECTORAL APPROACH; rural households are defined first
the TERRITORIAL APPROACH; rural areas are identified first
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Two sets of rural indicators for DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
There is a wide difference in level of development in several key areas of interest in different geographical areas of the world
There is a need for some specific focuses (examples):
environmental conservation & rural sustainability in developed countries
poverty reduction & health care in developing countries
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AREAS OF INTEREST covered by rural indicators
Suggestions by different economic ECONOMIC THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
main concerns of RURAL POLICY MAKERS
review of major PUBLICATIONS AND WEB-SITES dedicated to rural issues
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COMPONENTS of rural development
natural environment
social well-being
POTENTIAL of rural development
territory with respect to population
economy
communications
SPECIAL FOCUSES on developing countries
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Measures of rurality
There is background model representing rurality
Two main statistical units to collect and publish indicators:
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL AREAS
Beside more statistical units:
population
regions
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Defining the characteristics of an indicator that deals with rurality
Two main concerns:
the indicators often deal with poor areas of the world with few resources for statistical investigation
rurality itself does not have a simple definition
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STATISTICAL REQUIREMENTS of a rural indicator
The construction of DIMENSIONAL INDICATORS
The use of different measures to represent the same characteristics of rurality:
LEVEL
DISPERSION & CONCENTRATION
TENDENCY OVER TIME
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Examples of indicators: A- Components of rural development
Natural environment: quality of the countryside and the condition of the natural environment (natural resources and wildlife), as necessary requirements to reach a good quality of life and as an opportunity to enhance the economic conditions of the rural population
Suggested indicator: per capita drinking water
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Social well-being: quality of social life and welfare. Good quality means good education and health; reduced risks and vulnerability of people
Suggested indicator: literacy rate
Economic conditions: income and wealth of people
Suggested indicator: real per capita income
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Examples of indicators: B - potential for rural development
Territory with respect to population: territory available to the rural population to live, to cultivate (agricultural usable land) and to perform other economic activities
Suggested indicator: per capita agricultural area utilised (AAU)
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Economy: economic environment health of rural population
Suggested tendency indicator: migration rate
Transportation and Communication Infrastructure: ability of rural population to communicate and interact with the rest of the world
Suggested indicator: per capita (railway, airport, etc.) stations
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Examples of indicators C - Special focus on developing countries
Market and institutions: Food price index
Infrastructure: rural population with access to electricity
Poverty: rural population living on less than $ 1 a day
Agriculture: agricultural productivity
Natural resources: forests and deforestation
Education: rural female literacy with respect to rural male literacy
Health: infection among rural population
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