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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality, but with Somewhat Lower Poverty
Autores: | Szekely,   Miguel.
Data: | 2008-10-08
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Inequality; Poverty; Latin America; Food Security and Poverty; D31; O12; O54.
Resumo: | This paper processes 76 household surveys from 17 Latin American countries to document changes in poverty and inequality during the 1990s, and performs an analysis of the effect of economic reforms on inequality and poverty by using an expanded data base of 94 surveys spanning the 1977-2000 period. We show that there is no country in Latin America where inequality declined during the 1990s. Poverty declined in 10 or 11 out of the 17 countries for which household surveys are available to us, depending on the poverty measured used. Persistently high inequality inhibited further poverty reduction. One important factor contributing to the persistently high inequality level is financial liberalization. Trade liberalization and slight inequality-reducing effect.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

Print ISSN 1514-0326

Online ISSN 1667-6726

http://purl.umn.edu/43997

Relação: | Journal of Applied Economics&gt;Volume 6, Number 2, November 2003
Formato: | 26