Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years.

Genetically modified (GM) food crops have inspired increasing controversy over the past decade. By the mid-1990s they were widely grown in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina, but precautionary regulations continue to limit their use elsewhere.

As a perusal of Colombia's economic history makes clear, agriculture has been central to the economy's generally satisfactory performance.

The most striking characteristic of Argentina's economic history in the twentieth century is the sharp decline in its growth performance.

Costa Rica is a relatively small country (50,000 square kilometers) with a population of only 2.7 million inhabitants.

Export-oriented agricultural production has a log tradition in Guatemala that has resulted in a highly dualistic agricultural sector.

The Mexican government has been involved in regulating the prices of staples since the 1930s.1 Formally, the dual objectives of this long-standing intervention have been to protect the rural campesinos (peasants) against speculators and drastic de