Rural perspectives: Sharing experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean


In brief VIDEOS This is poverty – Interview series highlights challenges and opportunities across the region BRAZIL IFAD Executive Board approves new projects for Ceará and Sergipe New US$49 million social inclusion project in Paraíba to empower 18,000 rural households COLOMBIA US$69 million Trust and Opportunity project works ‘to build peace and enhance social inclusion NICARAGUA Young rural talents take the lead in Learning Route PERU IFAD Executive Board approves Highlands and High Rainforest Areas Project In the news Latest news from Latin America and Caribbean About IFAD Learn more about IFAD Newsletters From other regions Contacts Greg Benchwick	Issue number 10 - December 2012
	Building peace through smart development Peace is possible within our lifetime. As a matter of fact, if we want to end rural poverty, feed the world and protect our little blue planet in peril, achieving peace is not just a lofty goal… it’s a necessity. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Breaking the cycle of violence in Honduras Honduras is one of the most violent countries in all of Latin America. In the last decades, drug trafficking, roadblocks, extortion and robberies have become commonplace in this small Central American country. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum	Peru is a leader for innovative models of socially inclusive rural development By Roberto Haudry World leaders take note. The ‘free market’ works better when it’s socially inclusive. Just look at the example of Peru, where competition and free-market macro-economic policies are working in tandem with socially inclusive rural development policies to create one of the Western Hemisphere’s fastest growing and most dynamic economies. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Outlooks Investment in youth, jobs, education and rural businesses works toward peace in Nicaragua Peace through development comes in many shapes and sizes. And Nicaragua – a country that is still recovering from a nearly 20-year war, endemic poverty, weak infrastructure and a war on drugs just to the north – is offering valuable lessons on how we can create sustainable mechanisms toward peace by investing in poor rural people. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum

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In brief VIDEOS This is poverty – Interview series highlights challenges and opportunities across the region BRAZIL IFAD Executive Board approves new projects for Ceará and Sergipe New US$49 million social inclusion project in Paraíba to empower 18,000 rural households COLOMBIA US$69 million Trust and Opportunity project works ‘to build peace and enhance social inclusion NICARAGUA Young rural talents take the lead in Learning Route PERU IFAD Executive Board approves Highlands and High Rainforest Areas Project In the news Latest news from Latin America and Caribbean About IFAD Learn more about IFAD Newsletters From other regions Contacts Greg Benchwick	Issue number 10 - December 2012
	Building peace through smart development Peace is possible within our lifetime. As a matter of fact, if we want to end rural poverty, feed the world and protect our little blue planet in peril, achieving peace is not just a lofty goal… it’s a necessity. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Breaking the cycle of violence in Honduras Honduras is one of the most violent countries in all of Latin America. In the last decades, drug trafficking, roadblocks, extortion and robberies have become commonplace in this small Central American country. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum	Peru is a leader for innovative models of socially inclusive rural development By Roberto Haudry World leaders take note. The ‘free market’ works better when it’s socially inclusive. Just look at the example of Peru, where competition and free-market macro-economic policies are working in tandem with socially inclusive rural development policies to create one of the Western Hemisphere’s fastest growing and most dynamic economies. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum
	Outlooks Investment in youth, jobs, education and rural businesses works toward peace in Nicaragua Peace through development comes in many shapes and sizes. And Nicaragua – a country that is still recovering from a nearly 20-year war, endemic poverty, weak infrastructure and a war on drugs just to the north – is offering valuable lessons on how we can create sustainable mechanisms toward peace by investing in poor rural people. Read more \| What do you think of this article? Join the debate in our Spanish-language forum

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