This report describes the nature and causes of inadequate housing in Latin America and the Caribbean and its effects on the lives of the poor. It then summarizes what is currently being done to address inadequate housing by multinational organizations and foreign governments, international nongovernmental organizations, national and local governments, and the private sector.
This volume revisits the role of agriculture in poverty reduction. This volume's analysis, which focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa, reveals that agriculture does deliver more poverty reduction than other sectors, especially in the lower-income countries, because it has strong links with other sectors and because poor people participate more in growth from agriculture than in growth from other sectors.
