بررسي تعيين كننده‌هاي نهادي فقر روستايي با تاكيد بر تعاوني‌هاي روستايي زنان در استان فارس‌

Institutional Determinants of Rural Poverty in Fars Province: Case Study of Womenʹs Rural Cooperative

Poverty may be evaluated as two main aspects: income poverty and non income poverty. Cooperative associations are one of the most important rural institutions that affect on the decreasing or increasing opportunities. This research has investigated poverty determinants focusing on cooperative association in Tafihan and Esmaiil Abad, Fars province. For this purpose, poor and nonpoor households were determined using an estimated regional poverty line. Then, effective determinants on the likelihood of being in poverty for households were investigated, applying a probit model. Institution determinants such as membership in Cooperative associations, their credits and facilities were studied in addition to other determinants. The results indicated that cooperativeʹs membership decreases the likelihood of being poor of households. Also, households with at least a member in womenʹs rural cooperative would be poor with lower probability than who donʹt have any members in this institution. So, establishing and improvement of these kinds of institutions could be effective in poverty alleviation in other regions with the same potential of socio economic conditions in development.