Latin America has long had the most unequally distributed income in the world because of land ownership patterns, development and education policies and demography, which have swelled the supply of unskilled labour and demand for skilled workers, leading to widening inequality. Import substitution produced high growth but also high inequality and led to a debt crisis. But globalisation reforms in the 1990s did not reduce inequality and sometimes increased it. Now, because of poor export performance, the priority is the tricky problem of how to boost the growth rate. The aim should be to absorb as much of the region’s excess of unskilled labour as possible, especially through construction and agriculture. Growth with equity should also focus...
Doubts have been raised about the benefits to an economy with high rates of GDP growth without at th...
The Latin America region is not only far from having reached development; it also has an enormous eq...
This paper explores the relationship between the inequality of income distribution and the economic ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have gone through a process of far-reachin...
Includes bibliographyHubert Escaith is Director of Statistics and Economic Projections Division. ECL...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Trade, unit values, globalization, technology differences, geography, wage inequality
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Doubts have been raised about the benefits to an economy with high rates of GDP growth without at th...
The Latin America region is not only far from having reached development; it also has an enormous eq...
This paper explores the relationship between the inequality of income distribution and the economic ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
The first section of this paper reviews the most recent evidence on inequality in 18 Latin American ...
Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have gone through a process of far-reachin...
Includes bibliographyHubert Escaith is Director of Statistics and Economic Projections Division. ECL...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Trade, unit values, globalization, technology differences, geography, wage inequality
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a...
Doubts have been raised about the benefits to an economy with high rates of GDP growth without at th...
The Latin America region is not only far from having reached development; it also has an enormous eq...
This paper explores the relationship between the inequality of income distribution and the economic ...