Rural Poverty in Latin America [Hardcover]

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.Preface Foreword List of Abbreviations Contributors Fighting Rural Poverty in Latin America: New Evidence and Policy; R.L?pez & A.Vald?s PART I: THEMATIC STUDIES A Rural Poverty Profile of the Region; A.Vald?s 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.S?nchez 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.L?pez Determinants of Rural Poverty in Colombia; R.L?pez & A.Vald?s Rural Poverty in Honduras: Asset Distribution and Liquidity Constraints; R.L?pez & C.Romano Rural Poverty in Paraguay: The Determinants of Farm-Household Income; R.L?pez & T.Thomas Rural Poverty in El Salvador: A Quantitative Analysis; R.L?pez Rural Poverty in Peru: Stylized Facts and Analytics for Policy; R.L?pez & C.Maggiora Notes References IndexEDWARD BABIER Reader, Department of Environment Economics, University of YorkMICHAEL CARTER ProfesslóY