According to the authors, with a new dataset, it was estimated that Latin American governments spend, on average, nearly 6 % of their budget in rural areas, which represents approximately 135 U.S. $ per rural inhabitant. The trend is indicative of an increase in the level of rural governmental
spending, but its composition is changing. In gross terms there is a rise in social expenditures.
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