Poverty and inequality in Latin America
Subtitle: issues and new challenges
By: edited by Víctor E. Tokman and Guillermo O'Donnell.
Contributors: Tokman, Víctor E.; O'Donnell, Guillermo A.; Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Poverty -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Latin America -- Social policy -- Congresses.
Description: This book presents the papers submitted to the workshop "Poverty in Latin America: Issues and New Responses," organized by the Kellogg Institute. The contributors argue that old models of social protection are in crisis and that without completely rejecting the past experiences, new paradigms might better address the problems of pervasive poverty and inequity that persist in and are often exacerbated by the new global economic environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Title from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.