Javier Escobal

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that there has been substantial growth over the past decade in household employment outside of own-farming, and that 51% of the net income of rural households comes from these off-farm activities, and thus they certainly cannot be considered as “marginal.

TL;DR: Investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four low-income countries over a 15-year period found that nutrition, health and well-being, cognitive and physical development, health behaviours and education, as well as the social, demographic and economic status of the household changed.

TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between poverty and Amazonian forest management by Brazil nut harvesters in southeastern Peru and found that seasonal Brazil nut extraction is accompanied by unsustainable forestry activities during the rest of the year.

TL;DR: In this article, 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.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the impact of rehabilitation of rural roads on key welfare indicators such as income or consumption in rural households living in some of the poorest districts of Peru.