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.
Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Mastering Grain Cookery, 20,000--300 B.C.E. 2. The Barley-Wheat Cuisines of the Ancient Empires, 500 B.C.E.--400 C.E. 3. Buddhist Cuisines, 260 B.C.E.--4800 C.E. 4. Islam Transforms the Cuisines of Central and West Asia, 800--1650 C.E. 5. Christianity Transforms the Cuisines of Europe and the Americas, 100--1650 C.E. 6. Prelude to Modern Cuisines: Northern Europe, 1650--1840 7. Modern Cuisines: The Expansion of Middling Cuisines, 1810--1920 8. Modern Cuisines: The Globalization of Middling Cuisines, 1920--2000 Notes Bibliography Index