Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in Northeast Brazil

Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in Northeast Brazil

The Northeast region of Brazil has long been the single largest pocket of rural poverty in Latin America. With a combined area of 1.6 million square kilometers-16 percent of Brazil's total-the Northeast is home to 45 million people, 28 percent of Brazil's total population , of whom 5.4 million people live on about $1 a day and a total of 10.7 million on $1.60 or less per day. Nearly half of all rural communities are in the interior, semi-arid zone characterized by poor soil and severe, frequent drought. The rural poor are small farmers, tenants, sharecroppers and landless laborers. They face an uncertain climate and fluctuating markets. Their access to land is skewed and there is almost no rural financial system for their needs. They rely on subsistence cropping of basic foods, smallscale animal husbandry, some cash crops (mainly cotton and cashew), casual agricultural and non-agricultural work, pensions, and remittances from family members living in the cities.

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Main Authors: Coirolo, Luis, Barbosa, Tulio
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2002-10
Subjects:RURAL DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL POVERTY, DROUGHT, FARMERS, TENANTS, SHARECROPPERS, LABORERS, CROPPING, BASIC FOODS, CASH CROPS, COTTON, CASHEWNUTS, POOR COMMUNITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION BENEFICIARY PARTICIPATION, BUREAUCRACY, CLIMATE, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUTION, COST SAVINGS, COUNCILS, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION-MAKERS, DECISION-MAKING, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXECUTION, FAMILIES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FISCAL, FISCAL RESOURCES, INCOME, LEADERSHIP, LESSONS LEARNED, LIFTING, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPALITY, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, POLITICAL INTERFERENCE, PROCUREMENT, PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES, PRODUCTIVITY, REPRESENTATIVES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIETY, TRANSPARENCY, VOTING, WASTE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2513286/rural-development-poverty-alleviation-northeast-brazil
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10402
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Summary:The Northeast region of Brazil has long been the single largest pocket of rural poverty in Latin America. With a combined area of 1.6 million square kilometers-16 percent of Brazil's total-the Northeast is home to 45 million people, 28 percent of Brazil's total population , of whom 5.4 million people live on about $1 a day and a total of 10.7 million on $1.60 or less per day. Nearly half of all rural communities are in the interior, semi-arid zone characterized by poor soil and severe, frequent drought. The rural poor are small farmers, tenants, sharecroppers and landless laborers. They face an uncertain climate and fluctuating markets. Their access to land is skewed and there is almost no rural financial system for their needs. They rely on subsistence cropping of basic foods, smallscale animal husbandry, some cash crops (mainly cotton and cashew), casual agricultural and non-agricultural work, pensions, and remittances from family members living in the cities.

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