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Trade and Poverty in Latin America
Schejtman, Alexander; Berry, Albert; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - Inter-American Development Bank
Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long-standing record in the field, represent the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty...
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Revista Integración & Comercio: Año 5 : No. 15 : Septiembre-diciembre, 2001 Title: Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 5 : No. 15 : September-December, 2001
Dijck, Pitou van; Nicholls, Shelton; Nicholls, Garth; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
of the environment in development, income inequality and the economic conditions in Haiti. Throughout this project, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672467
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Growth, poverty and the distribution of labor earnings in Brazil, Chile and Mexico Title: El crecimiento, la pobreza y la distribución de los salarios en Brasil, Chile y México. (I...
González, Diana Alarcón; Zepeda, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
countries. The persistence of high incidence of poverty and inequality may be largely explained by the poor performance of labor … opportunities to the poor. In that sense, the links between economic growth, employment creation and the distribution of labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944229
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Growth, poverty and the distribution of labor earnings in Brazil, Chile and Mexico
González, Diana Alarcón; Zepeda, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
countries. The persistence of high incidence of poverty and inequality may be largely explained by the poor performance of labor … opportunities to the poor. In that sense, the links between economic growth, employment creation and the distribution of labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653102
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Growth and Adjustment in East Asia and Latin America
Gregorio, José De; Lee, Jong-Wha - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper compares the experience of growth performance and macroeconomic adjustment between East Asia and Latin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198318
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How Does China's Growth Affect Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America?
Jenkins, Rhys; Edwards, Chris - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The main contribution of the paper is to provide a framework within which the impacts of China's economic expansion on poverty in other developing countries can be analysed. It then applies this framework to twelve countries, six in Asia and six in Latin America, which between them account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198977
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Vulnerability, Debt and Growth in the Caribbean: A Fan Chart Approach
Andrian, Leandro; Mercer-Blackman, Valerie; Presbitero, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
High government debts, weak economic growth, vulnerability to external shocks and the design of sound fiscal …. Stabilization programs may harm economic growth but, under certain conditions, they could be expansionary. The main result of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691643
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Sibling Correlations and Social Mobility in Latin America
Dahan, Momi; Gaviria, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic success. Roughly speaking, social mobility can be measure by means of two distinct types of correlations: intergenerational correlations and sibling correlations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943626
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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality
Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality … increases in inequality among the first nine deciles. In the remaining 5, the reason is a greater concentration among the …, inequality has increased less in this region than in developed countries and in Eastern Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944090
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Inequality and the Family in Latin America
Hausmann, Ricardo; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic success. An index of social mobility for developing countries is proposed based on the correlation of schooling gaps between siblings.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944240