Agricultural Development in Latin America and the Role of Research and Technological Change: An Overview

Text of the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered during International Centers Week, October 1992, by President Enrique V. Iglesias of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). Iglesias spoke of the role of agriculture in Latin American economic development, the performance of Latin American agricultural exports, and the contribution of agricultural research and technological change. He described IDB strategy for promoting agricultural development in the region and its approach to research within that strategy.