The role of agricultural growth on poverty reduction. An empirical study over some Latín American countries byFabrizio Quiñónez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Over the last decade, the economic literature has produced a wealth of evidence that demonstrates that agricultural sectoral growth is not only good for poverty reduction, but in most contexts, it has a larger poverty-reducing effect than growth in other sectors. However, sectoral evidence covers a few cases, and more empirical studies are necessary due to heterogeneous factors between countries. Studying the main mechanisms by which agricultural expansion alleviates poverty is of valuable use in public policy. Therefore, we propose to estimate the impact of agricultural growth on poverty alleviation through the effect on income and employment in three South American countries at different stages of development, with very different agricultural models: Chile, Peru, and Paraguay.