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Rural poverty in Latin America

edited by Ramón López and Alberto Valdés

Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-331) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys - for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - and several thematic studies examining land, labour, rural financial markets, the environments, and disadvantaged groups. Recognizing the heterogeneity within the rural economy, the studies characterize three important groups - small farmers, landless farm workers, and rural non-farm workers - and provide quantitative and qualitative analyses of the determinants of household income.

Table of Contents

  • Preface Foreword List of Abbreviations Contributors Fighting Rural Poverty in Latin America: New Evidence and Policy
  • R.Lopez & A.Valdes PART I: THEMATIC STUDIES A Rural Poverty Profile of the Region
  • A.Valdes Rural Poverty, Women, and Indigenous Groups in Latin America
  • R.P.Korzeniewicz Land Markets and the Persistence of Rural Poverty: Post-Liberalization Policy Options
  • M.R.Carter & E.Zegarra Wage Employment and Rural Poverty Alleviation
  • A.C.Edwards Rural Non-Agricultural Employment and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from Ecuador and El Salvador
  • P.Lanjouw Poverty, Entrepreneurs, and Financial Markets in the Rural Areas of Mexico
  • R.A.Chaves & S.M.Sanchez Rural Poverty and Natural Resource Degradation
  • E.Barbier PART II: CASE STUDIES Determinants of Rural Poverty in Chile: Evaluating the Role of Public Extension/Credit Programs and Other Factors
  • R.Lopez Determinants of Rural Poverty in Colombia
  • R.Lopez & A.Valdes Rural Poverty in Honduras: Asset Distribution and Liquidity Constraints
  • R.Lopez & C.Romano Rural Poverty in Paraguay: The Determinants of Farm-Household Income
  • R.Lopez & T.Thomas Rural Poverty in El Salvador: A Quantitative Analysis
  • R.Lopez Rural Poverty in Peru: Stylized Facts and Analytics for Policy
  • R.Lopez & C.Maggiora Notes References Index

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  • NCID
    BA48838942
  • ISBN
    • 0333792904
    • 0333792904
  • LCCN
    00042071
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke,New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 343 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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