Shared prosperity and poverty eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Louise Cord, María Eugenia Genoni, and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9729
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Caribbean Area Economic conditions 1945-; Latin America Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CordLouise; GenoniMaria E.; Rodríguez-CastelánCarlos
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Authors; Abbreviations; 1. Overview; Introduction; Transformational Change in Living Standards in the Region; Tables; 1.1 Extreme Poverty Rates, Developing Regions, 2002 and 2011; Figures; 1.1 Socioeconomic Composition of the Population, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003 and 2012; 1.2 Shared Prosperity: Annualized Income Growth, Developing Regions, around 2006-11; 1.2 Bottom 40 and Top 60: Household Characteristics, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003 and 2012 ; 1.3 Average GDP Growth Rates, Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-20131.4 Trends in the Gini Coefficient, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12; Boxes; 1.1 Poverty Trends in the Caribbean; 1.5 Extreme Poverty Rates, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12; Maps; 1.1 Heterogeneity in Living Standards, Bolivia and Peru, 2007 and 2011; 1.6 Composition of the Bottom 40, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003 and 2012; 1.7 Income Growth among the Bottom 40, Latin America and the Caribbean, around 2003-12 ; 1.8 Income Growth, Bottom 40 and the Entire Population, Latin America and the Caribbean, around 2003-12The Asset-Based Approach to Gauging Household Income; 1.9 Contributions of Growth and Redistribution to Falls in Extreme Poverty, Latin America and the Caribbean, around 2003-12; 1.2 Stagnation in the Contraction of Income Inequality in the Region; B1.2.1 Gini Coefficient: Annualized Changes, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-10 and 2010-12; 1.10 The Asset-Based Approach to the Generation of Household Market Income; The Income Generating Capacity of the Less Well Off ; 1.11 Labor Income, Bottom 40 and Top 60, Latin America and the Caribbean, around 20121.12 The Reduction in Extreme Poverty, by Income Component, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12; 1.13 Educational Attainment, Bottom 40 and Top 60, Latin America and the Caribbean, around 2003-12; 1.14 Completion of Sixth Grade on Time, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12; 1.15 Gaps in Labor Force Participation, Bottom 40 and Top 60, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12; 1.3 Explaining the Decline in Labor Force Participation among the Bottom 40 ; 1.4 Connectivity Infrastructure in Latin America and the CaribbeanB1.4.1 Electricity Coverage Rates, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12; B1.4.2 Cell Phone Coverage Rates, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12; B1.4.3 Internet Coverage Rates, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12; 1.16 The Rise in Hourly Wages, Bottom 40 and Top 60, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12; 1.5 The Asset-Based Approach: Indigenous Populations; B1.5.1 2.50 and 4.00-a-Day Poverty Rates, Indigenous Populations, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12 ; 1.17 Transfers, Bottom 40 and Top 60, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003-12
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the last decade Latin America and the Caribbean region has achieved important progress towards the World Bank Group's goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting income growth of the bottom 40 percent, propelled by remarkable economic growth and falling income inequality. Despite this impressive performance, social progress has not been uniform over this period, and certain countries, subregions and even socioeconomic groups participated less in the growth process. As of today, more than 75 million people still live in extreme poverty in the region (using 2.50/day/capita), half of t
• Titolo autorizzato: Shared prosperity and poverty eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean
• ISBN: 1-4648-0358-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460716203321
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