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  1. Library Resource
    January, 1995
    Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean

    By and large, it appears that the goals of agricultural reform are being met in Mexico. But measures such as decoupling income supports and price supports or reorienting research and extension could help farmers who cannot afford access to machinery and purchased inputs and services.Lopez, Nash, and Stanton report the results of a study of Mexican farm households using 1991 survey data and a smaller resurvey of some of the same households in 1993.One study goal was to empirically examine the relationship between assets and the output supply function.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2008
    Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean

    This review of public expenditures on Social Protection (SP) in Nicaragua is based on the analytical framework of Social Risk Management (SRM) developed by the World Bank. The concept of managing social risk comes from the notion that certain groups in society are vulnerable to unexpected shocks which threaten their livelihood and/or survival. Social protection focuses on the poor since they are more vulnerable to the risks and normally do not have the instruments to handle these risks.

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Colombia

    The purpose of this study is to assess
    agriculture's competitiveness in Colombia. During the
    past 12 years, Colombia's agricultural sector has
    performed poorly, resulting in the continuation of extensive
    rural poverty. Improving the sector's competitiveness
    is the only sure and lasting way to improve its growth
    performance and reduce poverty. Thus, the main objectives of
    this study are to assess: (a) the sector's current and

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Brazil

    Over the medium time horizon, skill upgrading, differentials in sectoral technological progress, and migration of labor out of farming activities are some of the major structural adjustment factors shaping the evolution of an economy and its connected poverty trends. The main focus of the authors is understanding, for the case of Brazil, how a trade shock interacts with these structural forces and ascertaining whether it enhances or hinders medium-term poverty reduction.

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Bolivia

    The purpose of this book is to
    contribute to the debate on how to confront the challenges
    that Bolivia faces today. It is composed of a series of
    studies on the current reality of Bolivia and has been
    developed in conjunction with national and international
    public policy experts. The studies present a diagnostic by
    sector, a summary of the main challenges, and public policy
    recommendations aimed at meeting these challenges. After

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Mexico

    This study examines agricultural and
    rural development (ARD) public expenditures in Mexico. The
    study is based on federal public expenditures. The study is
    structured in six parts as follows: the first part presents
    the Mexican ARD context in terms of policy and performance.
    The second part dissects the ARD public budget, classifying
    expenditure programs in various ways so as to provide an
    overview of the scope and composition of ARD spending. The

  7. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Bolivia

    Bolivia benefited from an overall
    favorable economic evolution in the last few years,
    supported by sound macro-economic indicators. Yet, economic
    growth was unevenly distributed between the sectors, with
    particularly extractive industries, construction and
    financial services showing higher real growth rates, while
    agriculture and manufacturing fell behind. This is an area
    of concern for the government which-as manifested in the new

  8. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Nicaragua

    This report centers on the problems
    stemming from land issues in Nicaragua. The report's
    main recommendations deal with four priority actions:
    institutional reform; adjustments to the legal framework;
    systematic regularization of land rights; and, firmly
    addressing previous land invasions, and preventing future
    invasions. The issue of land distribution, and ownership is
    especially critical in Nicaragua; indeed, the country

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Paraguay

    This study has at its origin the land
    question in Paraguay, namely that land ownership is highly
    concentrated and has become a source of social conflict in
    the rural areas where one-half of the population lives. A
    central thesis of the study is that the existing patterns of
    land use and ownership, in particular, the very large land
    holdings (Zatifundio), are a reflection in part of the
    almost insignificant land tax that is charged today on rural

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Paraguay

    This study has at its origin the land
    question in Paraguay, namely that land ownership is highly
    concentrated and has become a source of social conflict in
    the rural areas where one-half of the population lives. A
    central thesis of the study is that the existing patterns of
    land use and ownership, in particular, the very large land
    holdings (Zatifundio), are a reflection in part of the
    almost insignificant land tax that is charged today on rural

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