Pese a que en los decenios recientes ha disminuido la incidencia de la pobreza en Colombia, esta aun es un problema de magnitud importante que amerita ser objeto de politicas estatales que ayuden a su rapida reduccion. Se comprueba que existe un vinculo significativo entre la posesion de algunos...

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...

El presente estudio se concentra en analizar los principales activos que no poseen o poseen en forma deficiente los pobres en Colombia y que son la causa que explica en buena medida la pobreza. Nos referimos a un conjunto diverso de activos que hemos agrupado en cuatro grandes categorías:...

Despite of the reduction in the incidence of poverty in Colombia during the last decades, it is still problem of significant importance and its fast diminution deserves to be an aim of the State policies. In fact, using the definition of Poverty Line of US$2 per capita on 1985, poverty in...

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...