Declining inequality in Latin America : a decade of progress? /
Latin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990s, however, income concentration began to fall across the region. Of the seventeen countries for which comparable data are available, twelve have experienced a decline, particularly since 2000...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York : Washington, D.C. :
United Nations Development Programme ; Brookings Institution Press,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Latin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990s, however, income concentration began to fall across the region. Of the seventeen countries for which comparable data are available, twelve have experienced a decline, particularly since 2000. This book is among the first efforts to understand what happened in these countries and why. Led by editors Felipe Lpez-Calva and Nora Lustig, a panel of distinguished economists undertakes in-depth analyses of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. In addition, they provide essential background in. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815704447 0815704445 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
