Rural Poverty in Latin America

RAMSN LSPEZ is Professor at the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Maryland. He was previously Senior Economist at the World Bank. He is the author of many journal articles on development economics, rural poverty, environmental economics, and international trade. - ALBERTO VALDIS has been serving as Principal Economist and Agricultural Adviser with the World Bank since 1990. He is the author and editor and of number of books dealing with agricultural development, and has been published in a variety of economic, policy, and development journals.

• Preface Foreword List of Abbreviations Contributors Fighting Rural Poverty in Latin America: New Evidence and Policy; R.López & A.Valdés PART I: THEMATIC STUDIES A Rural Poverty Profile of the Region; A.Valdés 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.Sánchez 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.López Determinants of Rural Poverty in Colombia; R.López & A.Valdés Rural Poverty in Honduras: Asset Distribution and Liquidity Constraints; R.López & C.Romano Rural Poverty in Paraguay: The Determinants of Farm-Household Income; R.López & T.Thomas Rural Poverty in El Salvador: A Quantitative Analysis; R.López Rural Poverty in Peru: Stylized Facts and Analytics for Policy; R.López & C.Maggiora Notes References Index