Measuring inequality of opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean : Midiendo la desigualdad de oportunidades en America Latina y el Caribe (Spanish)

Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too slowly and insufficiently, but undeniably, the percentage of Latinos who are poor has at long last begun to fall. This has shifted the political and policy debates from poverty toward inequality, something to be expected in a region that exhibits the world's most regressive distribution of development outcomes such as income, land...

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Barros,Ricardo Paes De;

Ferreira,Francisco H. G.;

Molinas Vega,Jose R.;

Saavedra,Jaime;

De Carvalho, Mirela;

Franco,Samuel Simoes O.;

Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel;

Gignoux,Jeremie D.;
Document Date
2008/10/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
46827
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2010/10/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Midiendo la desigualdad de oportunidades en America Latina y el Caribe
Keywords
Abstinence

Language

Spanish

Rel. Proj ID

6L-Strategic Funds - Supporting GAP Implementation in LCR -- P111460,6L-Capacity Building for Human Opportunities -- P115800,6L-Inequality of Opportunity in LAC -- P102870

Major Sector

FY17 - Social Protection

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

FY17 - Public Administration

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

FY17 - Financial Sector

Theme

FY17 - Tax policy,FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning,FY17 - Inclusive Growth,FY17 - External Finance,FY17 - Fiscal Policy,FY17 - Green Growth,FY17 - Public Expenditure Policy,FY17 - Fiscal sustainability,FY17 - Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification,FY17 - Monetary and Credit Policies,FY17 - Macro-financial policies,FY17 - Macroeconomic Resilience,FY17 - Forced Displacement,FY17 - Social Inclusion,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence,FY17 - Other Excluded Groups

Sector

FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Other Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Other Non-bank Financial Institutions,FY17 - Other Public Administration,FY17 - Other Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

TF No/Name

TF094145-PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES IN THE CARIBBEAN TO ASSIST AT-RISK YOUTH WITH ,TF091913-GENDER ACTION PLAN: STRATEGIC FUNDS FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN LATIN A

Historic Topics

Gender, Health, Nutrition and Population, Law and Development, Poverty Reduction,

Historic SubTopics

Gender and Development, Human Rights, Population Policies, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Services & Transfers to Poor,

Unit Owning

Chief Economist (LCRCE); Poverty, Gender and Equity Group (LCSPP)

ISBN

978-958-8307-55-8

Version Type

Revised

Series Name

Latin American development forum;

Product Line

Internal Product,Economic and Sector Work,Technical Assistance (Non-lending)

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Barros,Ricardo Paes De; Ferreira,Francisco H. G.; Molinas Vega,Jose R.; Saavedra,Jaime; De Carvalho, Mirela; Franco,Samuel Simoes O.; Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel; Gignoux,Jeremie D..

Measuring inequality of opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean : Midiendo la desigualdad de oportunidades en America Latina y el Caribe (Spanish). Latin American development forum Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314801468276879155

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