Despite the recent economic upswing in many Latin American countries, rural poverty rates in the region have actually increased during the past two decades. Exp

This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys - for Chile, Colombia, El S

About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes

Through grounded case studies in seven Latin American countries, each of which seeks to explain development as it uniquely unfolds, this book explores how socia