ISBN:
9781464803581
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
World Bank E-Library Archive
Keywords:
Armutsbekämpfung
;
Einkommensverteilung
;
Lateinamerika
;
Karibischer Raum
;
Economic assistance, Domestic Caribbean Area
;
Economic assistance, Domestic Latin America
;
Economic development Caribbean Area
;
Economic development Latin America
;
Income distribution Caribbean Area
;
Income distribution Latin America
;
Poverty Government policy
;
Caribbean Area
;
Poverty Government policy
;
Latin America
;
Poverty Caribbean Area
;
Poverty Latin America
;
Caribbean Area Social policy
;
Latin America Social policy
Abstract:
Over the last decade Latin America and the Caribbean region has achieved important progress towards the World Bank Group's goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting income growth of the bottom 40 percent, propelled by remarkable economic growth and falling income inequality. Despite this impressive performance, social progress has not been uniform over this period, and certain countries, subregions and even socioeconomic groups participated less in the growth process. As of today, more than 75 million people still live in extreme poverty in the region (using
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
DOI:
10.1596/978-1-4648-0357-4
URL:
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