the region is still undergoing. The report includes updated estimates on the increase in poverty and extreme poverty in … between countries .-- D. Another setback in the fight against poverty and extreme poverty .-- E. Food security: a priority …

exogenous macro shocks have significant impacts on poverty and income inequality more generally? For 15 countries in Latin … America and the Caribbean over the past two decades, the answer is unequivocally "Yes." Specifically, poverty reduction …, 1985-95; and El Salvador, 1980-96. Within this data set, the authors identify 49 episodes. Poverty incidence is estimated …

Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too … shifted the political and policy debates from poverty toward inequality, something to be expected in a region that exhibits …