Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices
This regional study encompasses three Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. The focus of this report is Guatemala. The study is motivated by several factors: First is the recognition that sub-national regions are becoming i...
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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZED MARKETS DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ESCAPE POVERTY ETHNIC GROUP EXPECTED RETURNS EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREST MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH POTENTIAL HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK INCOMPLETE MARKETS INDIGENOUS GROUPS LABOR MARKETS LAND USE LEISURE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT CAPACITY MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATURAL RESOURCES NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY SET PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENTS POLICY DIRECTIONS POLICY REVIEW POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITIES PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY STATUS PRICE INCREASES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONTEXT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROTECTION SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TERMS OF TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY WATERSHED WELFARE GENERATION |
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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZED MARKETS DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ESCAPE POVERTY ETHNIC GROUP EXPECTED RETURNS EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREST MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH POTENTIAL HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK INCOMPLETE MARKETS INDIGENOUS GROUPS LABOR MARKETS LAND USE LEISURE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT CAPACITY MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATURAL RESOURCES NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY SET PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENTS POLICY DIRECTIONS POLICY REVIEW POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITIES PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY STATUS PRICE INCREASES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONTEXT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROTECTION SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TERMS OF TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY WATERSHED WELFARE GENERATION World Bank Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices |
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This regional study encompasses three
Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala and
Honduras. The focus of this report is Guatemala. The study
is motivated by several factors: First is the recognition
that sub-national regions are becoming increasingly
heterogeneous, and economically differentiated as part of
ongoing processes of development and diversification, with
some areas advancing, and others being left behind. Second
is the acceptance that one rural strategy does not fit all;
design of an appropriately tailored rural strategy requires
understanding the assets, markets, and institutions that
frame household opportunities and livelihood strategies.
Third, rural heterogeneity requires identification of
sufficiently homogeneous areas and household types to
facilitate policy formulation, investment strategies, and
project design. Fourth, there is a need to bridge the gap
between conceptual strategies, and their timely
implementation in order to obtain tangible and sustainable
results. To this end, it is necessary to identify the
appropriate sequencing, and complementary of investments in
assets needed to drive growth and reduce poverty. The
study's focus on assets is appropriate given
historically stark inequalities in the distribution of
productive assets among households in the region. Such
inequalities are likely to constrain how the poor share in
the benefits of growth, even under appropriate policy
regimes. Rural poverty in Guatemala is characterized by
three important features. First, geographic isolation,
caused by varied topography, and inadequate transport
networks, is an important correlate of poverty. The second
dominant feature of rural poverty is ethnic exclusion.
Poverty rates are far higher among indigenous groups and
groups whose primary language is not Spanish. Third, rural
poverty is concentrated in particular areas: that is, it has
a particularly strong spatial dimension in Guatemala.
Findings indicate that the high degree of overlap between
high poverty rates, and high poverty densities in areas such
as the Western Altiplano, means that investments there
should reach significant proportions of the country's
rural poor. Thus, to generate substantial gains in poverty
reduction and broad-based growth, complementarities between
productive, social, and location-specific assets must be
addressed. Specifically, the report focuses on access to
land, and strong local level institutions, and social
capital, to compensate for lack of physical assets. This
also requires a move from geographically untargeted
investments in single assets, to a more integrated and
geographically based approach of asset enhancement, with
proper complementarities. |
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Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices |
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Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices |
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Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices |
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drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in central america : guatemala case study, volume 2. background papers and technical appendices |
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okr-10986-145592021-04-23T14:03:18Z Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Guatemala Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices World Bank AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL APPROACH CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZED MARKETS DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS ESCAPE POVERTY ETHNIC GROUP EXPECTED RETURNS EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREST MANAGEMENT FREE TRADE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH POTENTIAL HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK INCOMPLETE MARKETS INDIGENOUS GROUPS LABOR MARKETS LAND USE LEISURE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT CAPACITY MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATURAL RESOURCES NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPPORTUNITY SET PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENTS POLICY DIRECTIONS POLICY REVIEW POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITIES PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY STATUS PRICE INCREASES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONTEXT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROTECTION SPATIAL ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TERMS OF TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY WATERSHED WELFARE GENERATION This regional study encompasses three Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. The focus of this report is Guatemala. The study is motivated by several factors: First is the recognition that sub-national regions are becoming increasingly heterogeneous, and economically differentiated as part of ongoing processes of development and diversification, with some areas advancing, and others being left behind. Second is the acceptance that one rural strategy does not fit all; design of an appropriately tailored rural strategy requires understanding the assets, markets, and institutions that frame household opportunities and livelihood strategies. Third, rural heterogeneity requires identification of sufficiently homogeneous areas and household types to facilitate policy formulation, investment strategies, and project design. Fourth, there is a need to bridge the gap between conceptual strategies, and their timely implementation in order to obtain tangible and sustainable results. To this end, it is necessary to identify the appropriate sequencing, and complementary of investments in assets needed to drive growth and reduce poverty. The study's focus on assets is appropriate given historically stark inequalities in the distribution of productive assets among households in the region. Such inequalities are likely to constrain how the poor share in the benefits of growth, even under appropriate policy regimes. Rural poverty in Guatemala is characterized by three important features. First, geographic isolation, caused by varied topography, and inadequate transport networks, is an important correlate of poverty. The second dominant feature of rural poverty is ethnic exclusion. Poverty rates are far higher among indigenous groups and groups whose primary language is not Spanish. Third, rural poverty is concentrated in particular areas: that is, it has a particularly strong spatial dimension in Guatemala. Findings indicate that the high degree of overlap between high poverty rates, and high poverty densities in areas such as the Western Altiplano, means that investments there should reach significant proportions of the country's rural poor. Thus, to generate substantial gains in poverty reduction and broad-based growth, complementarities between productive, social, and location-specific assets must be addressed. Specifically, the report focuses on access to land, and strong local level institutions, and social capital, to compensate for lack of physical assets. This also requires a move from geographically untargeted investments in single assets, to a more integrated and geographically based approach of asset enhancement, with proper complementarities. 2013-07-25T14:51:58Z 2013-07-25T14:51:58Z 2004-12-31 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5849160/guatemala-drivers-sustainable-rural-growth-poverty-reduction-central-america-guatemala-case-study-vol-2-2-background-papers-technical-appendices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14559 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean |