Indicators of Rural Poverty in the Republic of Macedonia - Multidimensional Poverty Analysis (original) (raw)

Poverty in Republic of Macedonia

2018

Poverty, especially when it will take large dimensions is a serious social problem. Republic of Macedonia in long period of time has high rate of poverty. This article aims to examine the problem of poverty in the contemporary Macedonian society: reasons that coursed it, its evolution, social consequences and the ways in which the institutions are trying to overcome in by providing policies for reduction of poverty.

The structure of rural households’ income in North Macedonia - A case study in Polog and Pelagonija

Agroznanje - Agro-knowledge Journal, 2023

Contemporary trends in rural economic development go beyond the concept that agriculture and food production are the only functions of the rural economy and move towards a broader concept that covers all resources in the rural area, including non-agricultural activities. This paper examines rural households' economic diversification focusing on their income structure and its impact on their well-being. The paper is based on а questionnaire survey conducted in the year 2018, through direct visits and interviews of 140 rural households from two statistical regions in North Macedonia, Pelagonija and Polog, with carefully designed study's sample selection methodology to capture the household characteristics. The household income structure is measured as net incomes from all on-farm and off-farm activities and other financial transfers for one calendar year. The analysis has shown that the households which have only one type of income source (I. households with on-farm incomes only from agricultural activities, II. households with on-farm incomes only from nonagricultural activities) have much lower financial success than ones with mixed income sources, while non-agricultural rural households achieve the least success. In addition, households with mixed income sources, including incomes from agriculture, have better financial results than other households with mixed income sources, which do not comprise agricultural incomes. Hence, the challenge for policymakers is to identify the best mechanism to promote rural households' economic portfolio, with a well-balanced synergy between agricultural and non-agricultural activities, based on agriculture at the centre of 118 Gjosheva Kovachevikj et al. rural development, as complementary engines to tackle rural poverty and provide food security.

Poverty in Rural Areas: An Outline of the Problem

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia

This article is an attempt to determine the level of poverty in rural areas in Poland. The author reviewed the most important publications on poverty and the indicators that determine its scale. Relative, objective and subjective poverty lines were used to present the range of rural poverty against the background of total poverty. Analyses showed that the at-risk-of-poverty rate for rural areas in Poland amounted to 21.2%. This means that almost every fifth rural resident is at risk of poverty, whereas every tenth resident is at risk of extreme poverty. The article also presents the rural areas in Poland which are at the highest risk of social exclusion. These areas were distinguished on the basis of the number of registered families receiving social benefits. Both Eurostat (EU-SILC) and Local Data Bank of the Statistics Poland (BDL GUS) were used.

Qualitative analysis of the Newly Impoverished Families in the Republic of Macedonia

Ревија за социјална политика/Journal of Social Policy, 2015

The years-long poverty measurements by applying the relative and subjective method have enabled identification of the basic poverty profiles. The poverty measurement and observation by the double method and using the information on the basic structures of state benefits users have enabled identification of three basic groups of poor families: traditionally poor, newly impoverished families and chronically poor families. The aim of this work is to examine, describe and explain the newly impoverished families, using the data obtained from the qualitative measurements. It also gives an answer why the qualitative approach was applied in the measuring of this phenomenon. Newly impoverished families are those that have felt the dynamic decline of the living standard during the transition period (households without a single employed member, households with employed members who do not get salaries on time, households having more members). Various data sources have been used in the analysis: natural environment observation, an interview (individual and group), and various types of written documents. Without any additional interventions of the researcher, information given by the media were used, conversations of citizens and politicians were carefully listened to for this problem.

A Survey on Poverty in Albania: Comparison between Rural and Urban

Abstract: The aim of this study is to measure and evaluate the poverty in Albania. There are three main objectives of the study. Firstly, to identify the population percentage below the poverty line in rural and urban area. Secondly, to find out if there is a gap between males and females living in poverty in these two areas. Lastly, to see if there is correlation of education and poverty rate. The methodology used to achieve the main goals of this study and to perform the necessary estimation is a primary data collection from 1000 surveys. These surveys are distributed based on the official geographical division of Albania according to the allocation method of INSTAT and distribution of questioners is based on the percentage of population density for each region.The results show that the poverty rate of Albania in 2016 is around 25% and the female population is highly affected from the poverty. 17% of the population under the poverty line are found to be females. Meanwhile, the people living in poverty in rural zones are lower comparing to the urban ones. The reasons for this unexpected result is the high migration of the population from rural zones to urban zones and to developed countries. Another reason is that the rural population can have some additional incomes form the remittances and the agriculture. Lastly, the study finds that the population with a higher education level is generally having a relatively higher income level.

Rural labour market developments in the Republic of Macedonia

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEEARCH, 2012

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