(growth), micro (productivity at the firm level), and poverty (the earnings of poor/rural people). In addition, the paper … services, is a key challenge in the fight against poverty. Many of the poor (and particularly the extreme poor) in rural …, whenever possible, provides evidence of the effects of these determinants on competitiveness, growth, and poverty in Latin …

(growth), micro (productivity at the firm level), and poverty (the earnings of poor/rural people). In addition, the paper … services, is a key challenge in the fight against poverty. Many of the poor (and particularly the extreme poor) in rural …, whenever possible, provides evidence of the effects of these determinants on competitiveness, growth, and poverty in Latin …

. Furthermore, in the communities most affected by the El Nino drought, the likelihood of falling into poverty was 14.4 percent …

Many investments in infrastructure are built on the belief that they will ineluctably lead to poverty reduction and … impact on poverty than expected. Isolation from a tarred road is found to have no direct impact on consumption expenditures … access to roads is only one factor contributing to poverty reduction (and not necessarily the most important in many cases …

of development outcomes, such as economic growth, poverty, jobs, equity, environmental quality, and economic resilience …

This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural …