Poverty, inequality, and policy in Latin America /

Poverty, inequality, and policy in Latin America /

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Here, experts examine the dynamics of poverty and inequality in Latin America and policies to address them using new tools and data

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: CESifo, Universität Göttingen Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Göttingen Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Other Authors: Klasen, Stephan, Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009
Cambridge, Mass. : [2009]
Series:CESifo seminar series
Subjects:
Equality > Latin America > Congresses
Poverty > Latin America > Congresses
Pauvreté > Amérique latine > Congrès
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics
Economic policy
Equality
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions
Poverty
Social conditions
Armoede
Overheidsbeleid
Sociale ongelijkheid
Latin America > Economic policy > Congresses
Latin America > Social conditions > Congresses
Amérique latine > Conditions sociales > Congrès
Amérique latine > Politique économique > Congrès
Brazilië
Brazilië
Latijns-Amerika
Latin America
ECONOMICS/International Economics
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
Electronic books
Actes de congrès > UNAUTHORIZED
Conference papers and proceedings > ^A3291746
Conference papers and proceedings
Table of Contents:
  • The colonial origins of inequality : exploring the causes and consequences of land distribution / Ewout Frankema
  • Earnings inequality and educational mobility in Brazil over two decades / Denis Cogneau and Jérémie Gignoux
  • Race discrimination or inequality of opportunities : the Brazilian case / Phillippe G. Leite
  • Consumption growth and spatial poverty traps : an analysis of the effect of social services and community infrastructures on living standards in rural Peru / Philippe De Vreyer, Javier Herrera, and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps
  • Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbors / Philippe De Vreyer and Gilles Spielvogel
  • Macroeconomic and distributional effects of devaluation in a dollarized economy : a CGE analysis for Bolivia / Rainer Schweikert, Rainer Thiele, and Manfred Wiebelt
  • Medium-term impacts of the Oportunidades conditional cash-transfer program on rural youth in Mexico / Jere R. Behrman, Susan W. Parker, and Petra E. Todd
  • The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty / Herwig Immervoll [and others]
  • The colonial origins of inequality : exploring the causes and consequences of land distribution / Ewout Frankema
  • Earnings inequality and educational mobility in Brazil over two decades / Denis Cogneau and Jérémie Gignoux
  • Race discrimination or inequality of opportunities : the Brazilian case / Phillippe G. Leite
  • Consumption growth and spatial poverty traps : an analysis of the effect of social services and community infrastructures on living standards in rural Peru / Philippe De Vreyer, Javier Herrera, and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps
  • Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbors / Philippe De Vreyer and Gilles Spielvogel
  • Macroeconomic and distributional effects of devaluation in a dollarized economy : a CGE analysis for Bolivia / Rainer Schweikert, Rainer Thiele, and Manfred Wiebelt
  • Medium-term impacts of the Oportunidades conditional cash-transfer program on rural youth in Mexico / Jere R. Behrman, Susan W. Parker, and Petra E. Todd
  • The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty / Herwig Immervoll [and others]

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