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Operationalizing concepts and measurement of poverty and basic needs.
L, Barreiros - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper, econometric model for the measurement of poverty and basic needs, partic. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967065
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La desigualdad y la pobreza como desafios para el desarrollo territorial rural
Berdegue, Julio; Schejtman, Alexander - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2008) 218
evolution of rural poverty and inequality in Latin America since the early 1980's. The authors conclude that after 20 years of … changes both in poverty rates and in the distribution of income. The authors discuss the territorial dimension of inequality … experienced an improvement (relative to the national average changes) in income, income distribution, and poverty rates. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882588
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Income Distribution, Institutions and Conflicts: An Exploratory Analysis for Latin America and the Caribbean
Gasparini, Leonardo; Molina, Ezequiel - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022038
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Introduction
Valdés, Alberto; Hicks, Norman - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 38 (2001) 114, pp. 117-125
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812126
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The Strugglers: The New Poor in Latin America?
Birdsall, Nancy; Lustig, Nora; Meyer, Christian J. - In: World Development 60 (2014) C, pp. 132-146
We identify a group of people in Latin America that are not poor but not middle class either—namely “strugglers” in households with daily income per capita between $4 and $10 (at constant 2005 PPP). This group will account for about a third of the region’s population over the next...
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Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s
Sainz, Pedro - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2006
consequences for domestic economies, especially in terms of increasing income inequality and rising poverty. The only major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786868
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Education is good for the poor: a note on Dollar and Kraay.
Gundlach, Erich; Navarro de Pablo, José; Weisert, Natascha - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004
income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520188
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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank
This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943569
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Microenterprises and Poverty: Evidence from Latin America
Orlando, María Beatriz; Pollack, Molly - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291844
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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank
This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772491