Rural Poverty in Latin America

by Lopez, Ramon; Valdes, Alberto

• ISBN13: 9780333792902
• ISBN10: 0333792904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book provides 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, labor, 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.

Author Biography

Ram=n L=pez is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland. Alberto ValdTs is Agricultural Advisor, World Bank.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Notes on the Contributors	xiii
Fighting Rural Poverty in Latin America: New Evidence and Policy	1	(34)
Ramon Lopez
Alberto Valdes
Part I Thematic Studies
A Rural Poverty Profile of the Region	35	(14)
Alberto Valdes
Rural Poverty, Women and Indigenous Groups in Latin America	49	(16)
Roberto P. Korzeniewicz
Land Markets and the Persistence of Rural Poverty: Post-Liberalization Policy Options	65	(21)
Michael R. Carter
Eduardo Zegarra
Wage Employment and Rural Poverty Alleviation	86	(13)
Alejandra Cox Edwards
Rural Non-Agricultural Employment and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from Ecuador and El Salvador	99	(21)
Peter Lanjouw
Poverty, Entrepreneurs, and Financial Markets in the Rural Areas of Mexico	120	(32)
Rodrigo A. Chaves
Susana M. Sanchez
Rural Poverty and Natural Resource Degradation	152	(33)
Edward Barbier
Part II Case-Studies
Determinants of Rural Poverty in Chile: Evaluating the Role of Public Extension/Credit Programs and Other Factors	185	(19)
Ramon Lopez
Determinants of Rural Poverty in Colombia	204	(23)
Ramon Lopez
Alberto Valdes
Rural Poverty in Honduras: Asset Distribution and Liquidity Constraints	227	(17)
Ramon Lopez
Claudia Romano
Rural Poverty in Paraguay: The Determinants of Farm Household Income	244	(14)
Ramon Lopez
Timothy S. Thomas
Rural Poverty in El Salvador: A Quantitative Analysis	258	(23)
Ramon Lopez
Rural Poverty in Peru: Stylized Facts and Analytics for Policy	281	(25)
Ramon Lopez
Carla della Maggiora
Notes	306	(13)
References	319	(13)
Index	332