Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico

This paper explores the role of the local context on the effectiveness of policy interventions in reducing poverty through non-agricultural rural employment (NARE). NARE is negatively associated to poverty in Mexico. Manufacturing employment is more poverty-reducing than services in semi urban munic...

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Main Author: Araujo,Caridad
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2004
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212004012400004
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