CONTENTS -- Abstract -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Overview -- 1. Poverty Profile in Brazil -- 2. Dynamics of the Brazilian Small Farm Sector -- 3. An Assessment of Rural Labor Markets in the 1990s -- 4. Land Markets and Rural Poverty Alleviation -- 5. Determinants of Farm Revenues and Factor Returns for Poor Farmers in Brazil -- 6. Poverty and Non-farm Employment in Rural Brazil -- 7. Rural Education -- 8. Social Insurance or Social Assistance for Brazil's Rural Poor? -- 9. Public Policies to Reduce Rural Poverty a Selective Assessment.