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This paper joins in the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, providing an analysis of its structure and characteristics. Using several measurements, it finds that 40-60 percent of Latin American households are middle class, a share which has consolidated over the past decade....
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This study provides detailed accounting of the current levels of social exclusion in education and factors contributing to them. It provides a quantitative and qualitative accounting and profiling of social exclusion in education in the region. Drawing from the micro-data of household surveys,...
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This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to …
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Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses …
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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. …
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Raising labor productivity is recognized as a critical factor for increasing economic growth and reducing poverty … the region. We examine the scope for education to lift labor incomes above poverty levels in Latin America and find that …
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Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a …
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Targeted Human Development Programs (THDPs) are integrated poverty reduction programs designed to increase the capacity …-school and school-age children. Their main long-term objective is to eradicate the structural causes of poverty by fostering … investment in the next generation's human capital. A secondary objective is to alleviate poverty in the short term, mainly …
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This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings … reductions in poverty during the last two decades - a transformation that they achieved by taking substantially different paths …
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The main goal of this Strategy (GN-1894-7) is to promote faster progress in the reduction of poverty by tackling its … strategy highlights Bank key actions to reduce poverty and promote social equity, including: (i) the promotion of policies and … programs for sustainable economic growth and macroeconomic stability as a necessary prerequisite for reducing poverty and …
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