The paper applies a quantitative methodology to study poverty and livelihood profiles on the basis of a
large set of variables. It takes the context of post-conflict rural Rwanda for a case study. By means of
exploratory tools (i.e. principal component and cluster analysis), it combines variables that capture natural,
physical, human, financial and social resources together with environmental factors to identify
household groups with varying livelihoods. The paper further explores how these clusters differ with
regards the incidence of poverty, livelihood strategies and their respective crop preferences. The paper
concludes that Rwandan rural policies should adopt distinct and appropriate interventions for impoverished
peasant groups, each having their own particular livelihood profiles.
The paper applies a quantitative methodology to study poverty and livelihood profiles on the basis of alarge set of variables. It takes the context of post-conflict rural Rwanda for a case study. By means ofexploratory tools (i.e. principal component and cluster analysis), it combines variables that capture natural,physical, human, financial and social resources together with environmental factors to identifyhousehold groups with varying livelihoods. The paper further explores how these clusters differ withregards the incidence of poverty, livelihood strategies and their respective crop preferences. The paperconcludes that Rwandan rural policies should adopt distinct and appropriate interventions for impoverishedpeasant groups, each having their own particular livelihood profiles.
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