Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso

Land degradation is a real obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The objective of this article is to analyze the effect of land degradation on household poverty in Burkina Faso. To do this, the recursive bivariate probit model and the instrumental variable probit model (IV-probit)...

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Main Authors: Abdoul Rahmane Ouedraogo, Didier Tibi Zoungrana, Richard Kouame Moussa
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2519927
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description Land degradation is a real obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The objective of this article is to analyze the effect of land degradation on household poverty in Burkina Faso. To do this, the recursive bivariate probit model and the instrumental variable probit model (IV-probit) were used on data from the Harmonized Survey of Household Living Conditions to account for potential endogeneity between the explained and explanatory variables. The results indicate that land degradation influences the multidimensional poverty of rural households. Land degradation worsens the level of multidimensional poverty of rural households by 42.63% points. Based on these findings, there is a need for sustainable land management policies to reduce the effects of land degradation in rural areas in order to address challenges related to health, education and household living standards, thereby improving their level of non-monetary well-being.
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spelling doaj-art-9f0ea4bab0044187b5d1cfc1c45e887c2025-08-20T03:27:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2025.2519927Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina FasoAbdoul Rahmane Ouedraogo0Didier Tibi Zoungrana1Richard Kouame Moussa2Université Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoUniversité Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoEcole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée, Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireLand degradation is a real obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The objective of this article is to analyze the effect of land degradation on household poverty in Burkina Faso. To do this, the recursive bivariate probit model and the instrumental variable probit model (IV-probit) were used on data from the Harmonized Survey of Household Living Conditions to account for potential endogeneity between the explained and explanatory variables. The results indicate that land degradation influences the multidimensional poverty of rural households. Land degradation worsens the level of multidimensional poverty of rural households by 42.63% points. Based on these findings, there is a need for sustainable land management policies to reduce the effects of land degradation in rural areas in order to address challenges related to health, education and household living standards, thereby improving their level of non-monetary well-being.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2519927Burkina Fasoland degradationrecursive bivariate probitmultidimensional povertyEnvironmental EconomicsEnvironment & the Developing World
spellingShingle Abdoul Rahmane Ouedraogo
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Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
Cogent Social Sciences
Burkina Faso
land degradation
recursive bivariate probit
multidimensional poverty
Environmental Economics
Environment & the Developing World
title Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
title_full Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
title_short Does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households? Empirical verification of Burkina Faso
title_sort does land degradation have an aggravating effect on the multidimensional poverty of rural households empirical verification of burkina faso
topic Burkina Faso
land degradation
recursive bivariate probit
multidimensional poverty
Environmental Economics
Environment & the Developing World
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2519927
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