ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area poverty trends in Central America - summarizes findings of six case studies; looks at agricultural incomes, wages, and other poverty-linked economic indicators; examines impact of the export-oriented pattern of economic growth, particularly on small...

Looks into the role of credit unions as a channel for financial aid to the poor, with particular emphasis on assistance from USAID between 1968 and 1992. Suggests that more internal financing would help credit cooperatives achieve greater self-sufficiency.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on trends in the correlations between agrarian structures and rural area poverty in Panama since 1960 - documents the expansion of commercial farming for export at the expense of small farms producing food crops; discusses growing proletarianization of rural...

Examines the extent to which food supply, incomes, employment and exports have been boosted through the use of biotechnology applications on small farms.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area poverty trends in El Salvador in the 1960s and 1970s - covers agricultural income of peasant farmers in relation to farm size and attributes its decline to underemployment, rural migration, decreased land ownership, land tenure changes, scarcity of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the agrarian structure and rural area poverty in Honduras - describes role of the banana plantations in the evolution of the agricultural sector; examines trends in farm size, land tenure, land utilization, crop yields, agricultural employment on large and small...

The restructuring of the dairy sector, particularly active during the last 20 years, is often justified by to the need for dairy farms to increase their competitiveness. This restructuring has resulted in the continued growth in the size of dairy farms and the parallel decline of small family...