title: Agrarian change and labour migration in the Sierra of Ecuador.
abstract: "Among the effects produced in the Sierra of Ecuador by the programme of land reforms launched in 1964 was a reduction in the incomes from small-scale farming.  At the same time, the growth of productive employment in urban areas was insufficient to provide round-the-year work to the fast growing army of jobseekers.  Analysis of the agrarian structure and migration patterns before and after 1964 suggests that it was primarily this combination of circumstances that produced a pronounced shift towards short-term rather than permanent migration, thereby providing industry and services with the labour they needed while avoiding the disadvantages of severe urban overpopulation."
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004484:Ecuador; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012939:Social Planning; D013020:South America
keywords: Agricultural Development; Americas; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Ecuador; Human Resources; Labor Force; Latin America; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Rural Development; Rural-urban Migration; South America; Temporary Migration