FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Current and Emerging Issues
for Economic Analysis
and Policy Research
(CUREMIS II)

Volume I: Latin America and the Caribbean

Edited by
Benjamin Davis

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PREFACE

PREFACE TO THE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN VOLUME

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ACRONYMS

CHAPTER 1. NEW INSTITUTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - JAVIER A. ESCOBAL

Introduction
Conceptual issues
Analysis of rural institutions in Latin America: stylized facts
Critical factors in building a new institutional framework for rural development in the region
Strategic areas that merit further study
Concluding remarks
Bibliography

CHAPTER 2. THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE RURAL ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICA - ELIZABETH KATZ

Introduction
Is there a “feminization” of agriculture and the rural economy in Latin America?
Current trends affecting women’s participation in the rural economy
The gender gap in access to land
Gender and rural non-farm employment
Gender and rural development policy
Conclusions
Future avenues of research
Bibliography

CHAPTER 3. INNOVATIVE POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND EVALUATION IN RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - BENJAMIN DAVIS

Introduction
Description of conditional cash transfer programmes
New generation of evaluation techniques and requirements
Implementation and impact: directions for future research
Bibliography

CHAPTER 4. RURAL SPACE AND THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE MERCOSUR COUNTRIES - JOSE GRAZIANO DA SILVA

Introduction
Defining the concepts of rural and urban
Space and development
Fiscal decentralization
Final considerations
Future research questions
Bibliography

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