Poverty in Latin America

During the early 1990s, many Latin American countries enjoyed exceptionally strong economic growth, which has been credited with making possible substantial reductions in their rates of poverty. However, the collapse of capital flows to Latin America that began in 1995 portends a decline in the region's economic growth. If these countries now register growth rates that are only modestly positive (on the order of 1-3%), the question then arises as to whether this progress in overcoming poverty is bound to stall.Despite new rhetoric to the contrary, Latin Americans have relied on growth almost exclusively as the way to overcome poverty. The distribution of income has changed very little over the past decade and, where change did occur, in many cases it has been for the worse

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Income distribution · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political science · Poverty · Economic Theory and Policy · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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• Effects of Liberalization Programs on Poverty and Inequality

  Open Access•John Sheahan•Latin American Research Review•1997

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• Desigualdad social, sociedad civil y los límites de la ciudadanía en América Latina

  Open Access•Philip Oxhorn•Economía Sociedad y Territorio•2001

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• Chronic Poverty and Development Policy

  Open Access•David Hulme•World Development•2003

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• Globalisation, Neoliberalism, and Negotiated Development in the Andes

  Open Access•Nina Laurie, Simon Marvin et al.•Environment and Planning A…•1999

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• Economic Growth and Income Inequality

  Simon Kuznets•Gap Between Rich and Poor•2019

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• Indigenous people and poverty in Latin America

  George Psacharopoulos, Harry Anthony Patrinos•Indigenous people and poverty in…•1994

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• Data for measuring poverty and inequality changes in the developing countries

  Open Access•Gary S Fields•Journal of Development Economics•1994

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• Racial Inequality in Brazil and the United States

  George Reid-Andrews, G R Andrews•Journal of Social History•1992

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• Are the Unemployed Part of the Urban Poverty Problem in Latin America

  Open Access•John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.•Journal of Latin American Studies•1994

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