Call for Research Proposals: The Rural World in Latin America and the Caribbean
Convocation from July 08 to August 09, 2024
Rurality in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a diverse and complex reality, with significant variations between countries and regions. The social and economic conditions in these areas face unique challenges compared to urban zones due to limited infrastructure and restricted access to basic services such as education, health, and internet. This perpetuates poverty and inequality. Agriculture and livestock are key activities, being essential both for employment and the subsistence of the rural population, as well as for the national economy in some countries, although these activities face additional difficulties due to climate change and environmental degradation.
To address these problems, it is crucial to design public policies that promote sustainable and equitable rural development. Subnational governments, due to their proximity to local problems, play a vital role in the formulation of these policies. Their participation ensures that solutions are appropriate and effective, helping to mitigate the vulnerability of rural communities to phenomena such as droughts, floods, and deforestation.
Through this call, we seek to fund up to nine research projects (up to USD 15,000 per project) that contribute to understanding the main problems faced by rural societies and productive means in the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the mechanisms and policies that help address these problems and promote rural development.
Key dates
- Closing date for receipt of proposals: August 9, 2024
- Notification of winning proposals: August 26, 2024
- Delivery of the first draft of the document with preliminary results: February 2025
- Presentation of the preliminary version: February 2025
Documents
Winners
The academic committee is pleased to announce that the results of the call for research projects “The rural world in Latin America and the Caribbean” are now available. The call was very well received among the region's academic community in which more than 1,500 proposals were received. The high number of proposals submitted made the selection process very competitive, so the jury did not select many high-quality proposals.
The winning proposals are (in no specific order):
Poverty:
• “Cooperative Firms and Local Development” by Guillermo Woo Gómez and Guillermo Woo Mora
• “Outcome- and Input-Based Incentives: Experimental Evidence from a Municipal Incentive Program in Peru” by Sarita P. Oré Quispe
• “Rubber Slavery in the Amazon” by Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Humberto Laudares, Daniel Araujo and Dafne Murillo
Environment:
• “How Do Climate Adaptation Policies Affect Production and Environmental Outcomes? Evidence from a Water Policy in Rural Brazil” by Daniel Da Mata and Rhamon Talles
• “Nature’s Allies: Environmental Impacts of Women’s Participation in Community Forest Management in Mexico” by Sandra Aguilar-Gómez and Francesca Eustacchi
• “The Effects of Climate Smart Agriculture Adoption through Community Development Programs on Productivity: Experimental evidence from rural Nicaragua” by Pablo A. Celhay
General call:
• “Rural Outside Options” by Julieta Caunedo, Mayara Felix and Kristina Manysheva
• “Rural Households, Optimal Policies, and Drug Trafficking” by Isabel Hincapie and Roman D. Zarate Vasquez
• “Agricultural distortions, migration, and aggregate productivity: Evidence from Guatemala” by Danilo Trupkin, Manuel A. Hernandez, and Braulio Britos
