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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783586403321

Titolo

Poverty reduction and growth : : virtuous and vicious circles / / Guillermo E. Perry ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006

ISBN

1-280-34881-X

9786610348817

0-8213-6512-6

Descrizione fisica

xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Collana

World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryGuillermo

Disciplina

339.4/6098

Soggetti

Poverty - Latin America

Poverty - Government policy - Latin America

Latin America Economic conditions 1945-

Latin America Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 and high poverty in turn results in low growth. Poverty Reduction and



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