inequality and low redistribution can coexist. The theory's assumptions and outcomes are explored empirically using individual …

redistribution and lowers institutional quality. The effect of the former is to increase productive investment, and the effect of the … redistribution, especially in non-democratic countries. …

, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a … younger and older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to … be more credible in their commitment to redistribution, leading them to redistribute less. With entirely different data …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

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 …

patterns of indigenous poverty over time. In addition, the first section examines some of the historical determinants that can … explain the disproportionate poverty confronting Latin America's indigenous peoples today and provides an overview of diverse … with measures to combat indigenous poverty through the policies and programs of governments and international actors …

approximately 40 million indigenous people of the hemisphere. In addition to the critical issues of poverty reduction, self … Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …

information which will assist the planning of poverty alleviation programs in a number of countries in Latin America. The specific … aim of this report is to identify the conditions of poverty experienced by indigenous peoples in Nicaragua, to outline as … far as possible the structural causes of this poverty, and to recommend measures which might be taken to alleviate it. …