Poverty and income distribution in Latin America : the story of the 1980s

Author(s)

• Psacharopoulos, George

Bibliographic Information

Poverty and income distribution in Latin America : the story of the 1980s

George Psacharopoulos ... [et al.]

（World Bank technical paper, no. 351）

World Bank, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-307)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Highly empirical analysis documents increase in poverty and worsening of income distribution during 1980s. Demonstrates that low levels of education increase incidence of poverty and income inequality. Data provided for individual countries. Valuable data reference source--Handbook of Latin Americ

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA30983588
• ISBN:
  • 0821338315
• LCCN: 96036910
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 307 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC130.P6
  • DC21 : 339.2/2/098
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Poverty -- Latin America -- Statistics
  • LCSH : Income distribution -- Latin America -- Statistics
  • LCSH : Poverty -- Caribbean Area -- Statistics
  • LCSH : Income distribution -- Caribbean Area -- Statistics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01441220