"Critically examines successes and failures of agrarian reform efforts in Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala …, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Concludes that agrarian reform has done little to reduce poverty or to create employment opportunities …

redistribute the most and El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras redistribute the least. Contributory pensions are significantly … countries tend to redistribute more. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru redistribute below the trend …; Chile, Ecuador and Mexico are on trend; and, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay redistribute above the trend. Fiscal …