rural development (agricultural growth, patterns of growth and rural poverty) for ten Latin American countries over 1985 … reduce rural poverty. …

The second issue of "Investing in Women" underscores the Inter-American Development Bank's commitment to enhancing the … contributions of women to development and ensuring their equitable participation in Bank-funded programs. The projects showcased in … this brochure highlight the importance of reducing the obstacles faced by women and emphasize the roles they play as agents …

This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings … reductions in poverty during the last two decades - a transformation that they achieved by taking substantially different paths …

the contrary, men living farther away from urban and maquila jobs are more likely to work. However, women living in … greater isolation are highly concentrated in own-production agricultural activities, where women's skills are rewarded less … than comparable men's skills. Through concentration into this sector, women living in geographic isolation obtain worse …

This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is … imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the …

This paper analyzes gender differences in the Chilean labor market, formally addressing the selection of individuals … into schooling levels and its impact on gender gaps. The paper utilizes a new and rich data set containing information on …' family background. Although the results show statistically significant gender differences in several dimensions of the …

This paper analyzes gender differences in three Chilean professional labor markets, business, law and medicine …, utilizing a new and rich data set collected for this purpose. The results show that differences in wages attributed to gender … gender effect and in Medicine, taking into account hours worked, size of firm and region also eliminates gender differences …

The gender of the household head has often been treated as an exogenous determinant of homeownership. This paper argues … although on average women have lower probability of being homeowners, women who head households (single, separated or divorced … household headship in order to properly address the gender effect on housing tenure. Estimating a bivariate probit model, the …

effects on outcomes for women trainees in a labor market with substantial gender differences. … fieldwork, the econometric work implements a two-stage matching procedure on propensity scores, gender and labor income. This … percent), gender occupational segregation reduces by 30 percent, and females' labor income improves by 93 percent (while males …

This paper explores the role of social networks in determining the participation of Bolivian women in income …-generating activities. The empirical analysis intends to explore the impact of this new social variable on the economic choices of women and …. Estimation results suggest that social networks are an effective channel through which women obtain access to salaried jobs …