Mission Possible: The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation

by Robert Ross and Robert L. Ross

The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation (LAAD) was one of many initiatives taken at the height of the Cold War to alleviate poverty in countries threatened by communist insurgencies. Its mission was to promote rural development by funding local agribusiness enterprises to create new permanent jobs and new economic activity. In Mission Possible, Ross, president of LAAD from 1972 to 1998, gives a richly detailed insider's account of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765800357
• ISBN13: 9780765800350
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"