Portrait of the poor
Subtitle: an assets-based approach
By: Orazio Attanasio and Miguel Székely, editors.
Contributors: Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel.; Latin American Research Network.
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank; Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press; Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press for the Inter-American Development Bank
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Poor -- Latin America; Poverty -- Latin America; Poor -- Latin America -- Case studies; Poverty -- Latin America -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Portrait of the Poor examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income.

The authors analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections, they propose policies to ease the constraints faced by the poor in accumulating the human, physical and social capital they need to generate greater income."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Latin American Research Network"--t.p. verso.