ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapters we have observed that the African and Indian households we surveyed fall into two broad categories: those who possess some assets, usually agricultural, pursue diversification strategies to generate cash and, often, use the proceeds to improve own agriculture; and those with few assets who are reliant on the sale of their labour for wages for survival and any hope of improvement, such as the landless in Ethiopia. A better future for this latter group is to a large extent dependent on an increase in the demand for labour of both poor women and poor men, either by the less-poor group or from elsewhere, accompanied by adequate wages. Here we identify policies which can help overcome obstacles to expansion for the less-poor and investigate whether this translates into increased demand for waged labour. We also consider the impact of increased job availability on the very poor.
