Latin America & the Caribbean
Claudio Itabajara fishes in the bay of Salvador, Brazil, trying to earn a meager wage.

About 37% of the poor in the Latin American and Caribbean region—some 65 million people—live in rural areas. Yet, not all income is the result of agricultural activities. In Brazil, for instance, income for some 39% percent of the rural households is made from fishing and other nonagricultural activities.