Research Catalog

Title

Rural poverty alleviation in Brazil : toward an integrated strategy.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2003], ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

World Bank. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043403

Description

xi, 267 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"This study contains a detailed profile of the rural poor in the northeast and southeast regions of Brazil. This report's six thematic studies identify the key microeconomic determinants of rural poverty in these regions by reviewing the dynamics of the small farm sector, rural labor markets, rural land markets, rural non-farm employment, rural education and pensions. This study proposes a five-pronged framework for integrating policy to help reduce rural poverty in Brazil. It concludes that such an integrated policy approach is necessary to generate the multiple poverty exit pathways needed in Brazil. This approach involves agricultural intensification in the small farm sector, dynamism in the commercial agricultural sector, rural non-farm employment stimulation, youth migration, and safety net provisions."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

A World Bank country study

Uniform Title

World Bank country study.

Subjects

• Economic assistance > Brazil
• Rural poor > Brazil
• Poverty > Brazil

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Poverty Profile in Brazil -- 2. Dynamics of the Brazilian Small Farm Sector -- 3. An Assessment of Rural Labor Markets in the 1990s -- 4. Land Markets and Rural Poverty Alleviation -- 5. Determinants of Farm Revenues and Factor Returns for Poor Farmers in Brazil -- 6. Poverty and Non-farm Employment in Rural Brazil -- 7. Rural Education -- 8. Social Insurance or Social Assistance for Brazil's Rural Poor? -- 9. Public Policies to Reduce Rural Poverty a Selective Assessment.

ISBN

0821352067

LCCN

2002032186

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries