Can Latin America learn from India’s efforts at fighting poverty? The case of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6155713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Augusto De Venanzi (0000-0002-3714-9074, Purdue University Fort Wayne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-174 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2169-9763 • E-ISSN: 2169-978X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ics.2020.3 |
| OpenAlex | W3011219768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
A decade of high economic growth (2003–2013) in Latin America accompanied with high social spending, produced a significant improvement in the living conditions of the region’s population. Household incomes grew, poverty and inequality rates fell, and job opportunities increased. However, beginning in 2013 the economic situation of Latin America experienced a downwards trend. The effects have been felt in reduced income due to the fewer labour opportunities afforded by a decrease in demand and investment, particularly in infrastructure. Moreover, investment in infrastructure has remained stagnant since the late 1990s. The present article is intended as a preliminary study regarding the feasibility of transferring the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to the Latin American region. The paper contends that such a policy transfer could greatly improve the adverse employment conditions affecting large segments of the Latin American rural workforce and contribute to bridge the area’s rural-urban infrastructure gap
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fell · Geography · Inequality · Investment (military · Labour economics · Latin Americans · Political science · Population · Poverty · Rural area · Sociology · Workforce · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |