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 …

Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the …, and pockets of poverty persist. How can the country promote sustainable and equitable development, and thus reduce poverty … growth and to benefit its citizens more equitably, the country must continue to grapple with major issues. This report sheds …

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …

and manage the risks that households face as part of a coherent long-term strategy to reduce poverty and promote social … equity. The articles included in this book were presented at the conference, "Social Protection and Poverty," held at the …

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 …

countries. The persistence of high incidence of poverty and inequality may be largely explained by the poor performance of labor … markets. The motivation of this paper is the idea that poverty reduction is sustainable when labor markets provide expanding … opportunities to the poor. In that sense, the links between economic growth, employment creation and the distribution of labor …

poverty in other developing countries can be analysed. It then applies this framework to twelve countries, six in Asia and six …

. Contrary to what is commonly assumed, inequality seems to breed altruism among the rich regarding the quintessential poverty …While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies … taxation, conditional cash transfers, pension schemes and educations. It is found that disagreement across socio …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …