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UNINA9910450224703321 |
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Poverty reduction and growth [[electronic resource] ] : virtuous and vicious circles / / Guillermo E. Perry ... [et al.] |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-34881-X |
9786610348817 |
0-8213-6512-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Collana |
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World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poverty - Latin America |
Poverty - Government policy - Latin America |
Electronic books. |
Latin America Economic conditions 1945- |
Latin America Economic policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: From Vicious to Virtuous Circles; Figures; Tables; Chapter 2: Dimensions of Well-Being, Channels to Growth; Boxes; Chapter 3: How Did We Get Here?; Chapter 4: The Relative Roles of Growth and Inequality for Poverty Reduction; Chapter 5: Pro-Poor Growth in Latin America; Chapter 6: Does Poverty Matter for Growth?; Chapter 7: Subnational Dimensions of Growth and Poverty; Chapter 8: Micro-determinants of Incomes: Labor Markets, Poverty, and Traps? |
Chapter 9: Breaking the Cycle of Under investment in Human Capital in Latin America Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for pro-poor growth. What is less well explored is the reverse channel: that poverty may, in fact, be part of the reason for a country's poor growth performance. This more elaborated view of the development process opens the door to the existence of vicious circles in which low growth results in high poverty |
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