This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …

1995, and to analyze its impact on the evolution of poverty. This period analyzed is a convulsed one, one within Venezuela … deterioration of economic management. Growth and inflation were highly volatile, real wages fell in a sustained way, and poverty … analysis on the evolution of poverty. …

This paper discusses poverty and unemployment in Argentina, beginning with the turbulent years since 1980. Argentina … debate on how to create a sustainable growth strategy that can reduce poverty and unemployment without hyperinflation. … suffered a 25 percent reduction in per capita income, two bouts of hyperinflation and a sharp rise in poverty during the 1980s …

expenditures on education and health; and (3) social indicators (inequality, unemployment, homicide rates, and schooling …

substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes … Globalization Conference, Inter-American Development Bank, Brasilia, October 20, 2003. …

Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin … the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty and offer contrasting points of view about whether freer trade can … reduce poverty in Latin America. One of the main lessons extracted from the book is that preexisting policies and …

in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic growth? Why do some societies welcome the challenges of globalization …