Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...

This publication is part of a series of books on comparative best practices in social development between Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia undertaken by the Institute for Social Development (INDES) and the Japan Program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). INDES is both a...

En este documento se caracteriza la pobreza rural en México y Centro América tanto a nivel agregado como familiar; se identifican determinantes de la pobreza, enfatizando el desarrollo regional y la inclusión económica; y se formulan conceptos para generar ingresos