Left behind : chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Renos Vakis, Jamele Rigolini and Leonardo Lucchetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975280303321
• Autore: Vakis Renos Nicos
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2016
• ISBN: 9781464806612; 1464806616
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages cm)
• Collana: Latin American Development Forum
• Disciplina: 339.4/6098
• Soggetti: Poverty - Caribbean Area; Poverty - Latin America; Caribbean Area Economic conditions 21st century; Latin America Economic conditions 21st century; Caribbean Area Economic policy 21st century; Latin America Economic policy 21st century
• 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 at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- The roaring 2000's in Latin America and the Caribbean and the left behind -- Chronic poverty : concepts and measures -- Five facts about chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Drivers of chronic poverty -- From diagnosis to policies : design elements to support the chronic poor -- References -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: One out of every five Latin Americans-about 130 million people-have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4 a day throughout their lives. These are the region's chronically poor, who have remained so despite unprecedented inroads against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean since the turn of the century. This book takes a closer look at the region's entrenched poor, who and where they are, and how existing policies need to change to effectively assist the poor. The book shows significant variations of rates of chronic poverty across and within countries. The book posits that refinements to the existing policy toolkit -as opposed to more programs-may come a long way in helping the remaining poor. These ; refinements include intensifying efforts to improve coordination between different social and economic programs, which can boost the income-generation process and deal with the intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty by investing in early childhood development. In addition, there is an urgent need to adapt programs to directly address the psychological toll of chronic poverty on people's mindsets and aspirations, which currently undermines the effectiveness of existing policy efforts.