Obra estructurada en dos partes, la primera parte revisa el vínculo existente entre el capital social y el desarrollo incidiendo en la idea de que la red de relaciones, la confianza social derivada de esas relaciones o el grado de asociacionismo de las comunidades se convierten en la base que sustenta el desarrollo local. La segunda parte se centra en los aspectos más prácticos del desarrollo local deteniéndose en el análisis de estudio de caso que ilustran o describen los problemas encontrados en la ejecución de este tipo de proyectos.

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.