comparable methodology yields the following results. Direct taxes and cash transfers reduce inequality and poverty by nontrivial …How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America through social spending, subsidies … offset the poverty-reducing impact of cash transfers. When one includes the in-kind transfers in education and health, valued …

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 … rural territories afflicted by poverty and inequality; (b) "territorializing" these investments so that they respond to …

This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by … economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a … rather meager performance in terms of poverty reduction. Episodes of positive, significant and unambiguously pro-poor income …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government's redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates …

persistence of high levels of poverty and inequality. We conclude with a discussion of these challenges and of specific actions …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty …

insurance in the 1990s and the growth of social assistance in the 2000s, and assesses their effects on poverty and inequality …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … are a return to “normal” levels (as estimated by fixed effects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile …