[EQ] Inequality in Latin America: Determinants and Consequences

Inequality in Latin America: Determinants and Consequences

 

J. Humberto Lopez and Guillermo Perry

Policy Research Working Paper 4504

Office of the Regional Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region

The World Bank – February 2008

 

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“……This paper documents recent inequality trends in the Latin American region, going beyond traditional measures of income inequality.

The paper also reviews some of the explanations that have been put forward to understand the current situation, and discusses why reducing income inequality should be an important policy priority. …”

 

 

 

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