Agriculture is the human activity that affects the largest proportion of the earth's surface, including its freshwater resources. As the world's population continues to grow, finding ways of increasing agricultural production without destroying the many benefits provided by biodiversity will be...

Small farmers and "minifundistas" tend to be among the poorest segment of the rural population in Latin America. However, preliminary work albeit rather sketchy, suggests that there is a great heterogeneity within the rural poor with respect to income, education, access to services, security of...

Since 1989, the Bank has given increasing support to Mexico's National Solidarity Program (PRONASOL) in projects for education, health, transportation, and regional development. Despite the Bank's growing association with PRONASOL, given its magnitude and complexity, it is easy to underestimate...