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paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a … leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in …
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This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …
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paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a … leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in … Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment. -- inequality ; poverty ; income …
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In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz curve, but can also be seen as a measure of polarization...
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development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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This report presents ACCION's analysis and findings regarding the poverty profiles of microfinance clients at Mibanco, Peru. In this first institutional analysis in ACCION's Poverty Outreach project, the authors analyze client income data to compare borrower poverty levels with urban, national...
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This paper examines the macroeconomic policies and outcomes experienced by the Latin American economies during the period 1990-2010. Macroeconomic policies refer to exchange rates, monetary and aggregate fiscal policies, while macroeconomic outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of...
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may have on a country's poverty levels and inequality. Our vulnerability scenarios are based on the national policies used … different effects on poverty and inequality. We find a significant increase on poverty headcount ranging from 25% to 33% percent …
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. This paper presents evidence on the impact of economic crisis on poverty and inequality in Latin America. Crises not only …
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