Poverty and income distribution in Latin America
Subtitle: the story of the 1980s
By: George Psacharopoulos ... [et al.].
Contributors: Psacharopoulos, George.
Series: World Bank technical paper,; no. 351
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Poverty -- Latin America -- Statistics.; Income distribution -- Latin America -- Statistics.; Poverty -- Caribbean Area -- Statistics.; Income distribution -- Caribbean Area -- Statistics.
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 American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-307).