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New narratives for rural transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards a renewed measurement and classification of rural areas

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New narratives for rural transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards a renewed measurement and classification of rural areas

Editor: Gaudin, Yannick - Padilla, Ramón Physical Description: 307 pages. Editorial: CEPAL Date: August 2023 ECLAC symbol: LC/TS.2023/72

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Rural areas have experienced major economic, social, demographic and cultural transformations in recent decades. Rurality is no longer synonymous with agriculture, and heightened interactions between rural and urban areas have had a significant impact on the identities of their populations and the characteristics that define those territories. In Latin America and the Caribbean, however, these transformations have remained relatively invisible to statistics and public policy because of the prevalence of dichotomous and static approaches to the measurement and characterization of rural areas.

This study presents new methods for defining and categorizing rurality and analyses their public policy implications. A redefinition that recognizes the diversity and wealth of rural areas offers opportunities for the design of innovative rural development public policies that could accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Table of contents

Introduction .-- Chapter I. The new rurality: concepts and measurement criteria / Yannick Gaudin .-- Chapter II. Measuring rurality for the design and implementation of rural development policies / Martine Dirven, David Candia .-- Chapter III. Territorial approach and dynamic analysis of rurality: scope and limits for the design of innovative rural development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean / Juan Fernández L., María Ignacia Fernández, Isidro Soloaga .-- Chapter IV. The rural and the urban in Mexico: a new categorization
based on national statistics / Isidro Soloaga, Thibaut Plassot, Moisés Reyes .-- Chapter V. Measurement and characterization of rural areas based on national
statistics: a practical application in Panama / Isidro Soloaga, Thibaut Plassot, Yannick Gaudin, Moisés Reyes, Sara Hess .-- Chapter VI. Measurement and characterization of rural areas in Costa Rica based on national statistics: methodology used and main results / Mario Samper, Marco Martínez, Hernán González, Jorge León .-- Chapter VII. Categorization of rural areas in El Salvador based on national statistics: implications for a new public agenda for rural development policies / César Sánchez, Andrew Roberts Cummings, David López, Astrid González,
Marielos García, Celeste Molina .-- Chapter VIII. Summary and conclusions / Ramón Padilla Pérez, Yannick Gaudin.

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