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Poverty in Brazil and Chile; The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance and Income Distribution: Some …
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factors accounting for rising mean income and falling poverty in the two periods. …
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This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and...
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What did the Latin American economies achieve in the course of a hundred years and how has this affected standards of living? This comprehensive history examines the political and economic forces that have shaped Latin America's development process.Abstract: Esta historia económica revisa las...
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This paper presents evidence on the impact of economic crisis on poverty and inequality in Latin America. Crises not … only result in higher poverty rates but also may cause irreversible damage to the human capital of the poor. In light of … a poverty reduction strategy. As a result, the paper analyses the role of exchange rate policy, capital controls and …
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proposes and implements a replicable methodology for a comparative cost analysis of three similar poverty alleviation programs …
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This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is …
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, concerning the issue of indigenous peoples and poverty reduction in Latin America. In introducing the Guatemalan study, it is … complex issues to be addressed in reducing the poverty of indigenous peoples in a country like Guatemala; and also to prepare … the poverty facing indigenous peoples in Guatemala. …
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More than a third of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean currently live in poverty. Will the region be … able to simultaneously increase economic growth and reduce poverty given its scarce fiscal resources? The message of this … other. This report shows the importance of economic growth to achieve poverty reduction. It also shows that in countries …
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of development in the fight against poverty, inequality and social exclusion.Abstract: La segunda edición del folleto …
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