Rural Poverty, Income Shocks, And Land Management: An Analysis Of The Linkages In El Salvador
Data collected in surveys of more than 700 Salvadoran households carried out in 1996 and 1998 are used in an econometric analysis of linkages between land and labor use. Particular emphasis is offered on how poor households allocated labor resources in response to the El Nino weather phenomenon of 1997. Implications for resource conservation are offered.
Rural Poverty in El Salvador: A Quantitative Analysis
Almost 50 per cent of the population of El Salvador are considered rural, and the extent and intensity of poverty has been shown to be much worse in rural areas than in urban ones (World Bank, 1994f). Although this poverty assessment provided an excellent characterization of both rural and urban poverty in El Salvador, there is very little quantitative understanding of the determinants of rural poverty. What is the role of demographic characteristics, education and access to land and capital in determining rural household income? How does rural infrastructure affect the potential income of rural households? How responsive is household income to greater participation in the labor force by women and children? These are important questions, the answers to which may have significant policy implications.
Tourism in the Amazon: identifying challenges and finding solutions
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the tourism sector in the Amazon regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname and then discuss the manner in which tourism activity assists the protection of the Amazon rainforests. The paper also describes the manner in which the first World Hospitality and Tourism Themes Roundtable on Tourism in the Amazon is organized in 2009.Design/methodology/approach – Teams of researchers from the Ministries of Tourism, the private sector and academia in the Member Countries of Treaty for Amazon Cooperation collaborated to address, in ten‐page papers, the question “Does sustainable tourism offer solutions for the protection of the Amazon rainforest?”Findings – The paper provides valuable information on the current state of tourism policy and practice in the Amazon Member Countries. It also articulates the challenges that attend the development of sustainable tourism as a mechanism for the protection of the Amazon.Practical...