Social gains show signs of stagnation in Latin America: Poverty and inequality monitoring in Latin America and Caribbean (English)

This report talks about poverty reduction in the Latin American (LA) region came to a halt in 2015, as the region’s economy contracted, and middle class growth stagnated.Poverty rates were effectively unchanged in 7 out of 13 countries as most countries faced an economic slowdown, and thus convergence towards low poverty reduction continued.Income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the LAC income distribution turned negative in 2015, but the income...

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Document Date
2017/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
115322
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America, Caribbean,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2017/05/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Social gains show signs of stagnation in Latin America: Poverty and inequality monitoring in Latin America and Caribbean
Keywords
social gains

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Social gains show signs of stagnation in Latin America: Poverty and inequality monitoring in Latin America and Caribbean (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/504151496061690882

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