Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys

This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by processing microdata from household surveys of 18 LAC countries covering the 1990s and early 2000s. Over this period the LAC economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns o...

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Autores principales: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos, Gutiérrez, Federico H., Tornarolli, Leopoldo
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1688222024-08-21T20:02:15Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/168822 Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos Gutiérrez, Federico H. Tornarolli, Leopoldo 2005-11 2005 2024-08-21T16:16:33Z en Ciencias Económicas poverty growth inequality pro-poor growth Latin America This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by processing microdata from household surveys of 18 LAC countries covering the 1990s and early 2000s. Over this period the LAC economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a rather meager performance in terms of poverty reduction. Episodes of positive, significant and unambiguously pro-poor income growth have been rare in Latin America in the last 15 years. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Objeto de conferencia Objeto de conferencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf
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topic Ciencias Económicas
poverty
growth
inequality
pro-poor growth
Latin America
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poverty
growth
inequality
pro-poor growth
Latin America
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Gutiérrez, Federico H.
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
poverty
growth
inequality
pro-poor growth
Latin America
description This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by processing microdata from household surveys of 18 LAC countries covering the 1990s and early 2000s. Over this period the LAC economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a rather meager performance in terms of poverty reduction. Episodes of positive, significant and unambiguously pro-poor income growth have been rare in Latin America in the last 15 years.
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author Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Gutiérrez, Federico H.
Tornarolli, Leopoldo
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title Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
title_short Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
title_full Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
title_fullStr Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
title_full_unstemmed Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys
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