DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS The interface between policy reforms, household livelihoods and farm-nonfarm linkages: insights from a village economy in rural Ethiopia Tadele Ferede UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP Faculty of Applied Economics Stadscampus Prinsstraat 13, B.213 BE-2000 Antwerpen Tel. +32 (0)3 265 40 32 Fax +32 (0)3 265 47 99 http://www.ua.ac.be/tew FACULTY OF APPLIED ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS The interface between policy reforms, household livelihoods and farm-nonfarm linkages: insights from a village economy in rural Ethiopia Tadele Ferede RESEARCH PAPER 2010-018 AUGUST 2010 University of Antwerp, City Campus, Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium Research Administration – room B.213 phone: (32) 3 265 40 32 fax: (32) 3 265 47 99 e-mail:
[email protected] The papers can be also found at our website: www.ua.ac.be/tew (research > working papers) & www.repec.org/ (Research papers in economics - REPEC) D/2010/1169/018 The interface between policy reforms, household livelihoods and farm-nonfarm linkages: insights from a village economy in rural Ethiopia 1 Tadele Ferede Department of Economics University of Antwerp E-mail:
[email protected] August 2010 1 I would like to thank Professor Guido Erreygers for constructive comments and suggestions at the various stages of the paper. I also wish to thank Professor Walter Nonneman, Professor Aviel Verbruggen, Professor Stefan Dercon, Professor Tom De Herdt and Professor Johan Eyckmans for useful comments. This paper is based on one of the chapters of my PhD dissertation. The financial support from the University of Antwerp is duly acknowledged.