Rural Poverty in Latin America

This study of rural poverty in Latin America draws on six case studies of 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.

Author Biography

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.