THE PRESENT PUBLICATION is part of the second edition of the CUREMIS series (Current and Emerging Issues for Economic Analysis and Policy Research). This second edition covers current and emerging issues with a regional focus. It consists of five volumes, one for each of the following regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia and the Pacific; Sub-Saharan Africa; the Near East and North Africa; Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The present volume contains four in-depth reviews on current and emerging issues in the economic analysis of food agriculture and rural development for Latin America and the Caribbean. The four themes covered are: (i) new institutions for agricultural and rural development (by Javier Escobal); (ii) the changing role of women in the rural economy (by Elizabeth Katz); (iii) innovative policy instruments and evaluation in rural and agricultural development (by Benjamin Davis); and (iv) rural space and the territorial dimension of development (by Jose Graziano da Silva).
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome,
Italy
www.fao.org
