Rural Poverty in Latin America

by Alberto Valdés and Ramón López

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333792904
• ISBN13: 9780333792902
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"