Who's In and Who's Out
Subtitle: Social Exclusion in Latin America (Inter-American Development Bank)
Contributors: Jere R. Behrman (Editor); Alejandro Gaviria (Editor); Miguel Székely (Editor)
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Published: August 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781931003421
Subjects: Development economics; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: American; Development - Economic Development; Economic Conditions; Sociology - Social Theory; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Latin America - General; Sociology - General; Latin America; Marginality, Social
First sentence: Income inequality is higher in Latin America and the Caribbean than in any other region of the world, and precisely because of this skewed distribution, the region's absolute poverty rates are much higher than one would predict on the basis of average income.