Geography

Title

Conceptualizing spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions, and coalitions

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article is the introduction to a volume containing findings from a program conducted over five years in 11 Latin America countries, to answer three questions: (1) Are there rural territories that have experienced simultaneous economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved distribution of income?; (2) What factors determine these territorial dynamics?, and, (3) What can be done to stimulate and promote this kind of territorial dynamics? The article outlines the analytical and policy issues and the methodology, summarizes the remaining 10 papers in the collection, and presents a conceptual framework that itself is one of the results of the program.

Publication Title

World Development

Publication Date

9-2015

Volume

73

First Page

1

Last Page

10

ISSN

0305-750X

DOI

10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.015

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