Persistent Poverty and Excess Inequality: Latin America, 1970-1995

Inter-American Development Bank WP No. OCE-357

83 Pages Posted: 26 Jan 1999

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Date Written: October 1997

Abstract

The objective of this work is to assess the changes in poverty and inequality that have taken place in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1970 to 1995, with special emphasis on the 1990s. The main distinctive characteristic of the study is that rather than focusing on individual country experiences, as most of the literature on this subject has done, we produce aggregate indicators for the whole region.

JEL Classification: D31, I32, O54

Suggested Citation

Szekely, Miguel, Persistent Poverty and Excess Inequality: Latin America, 1970-1995 (October 1997). Inter-American Development Bank WP No. OCE-357, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=145368 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.145368

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