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Title:

Escaping the poverty trap : investing in children in Latin America / edited by Ricardo Morán ; special contributions by Amartya K. Sen and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

Publisher:

Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press,
Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xiv, 122 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Poor children--Latin America.
Poverty--Latin America.

Other Authors:

Morán, Ricardo.
Sen, Amartya Kumar.
Brundtland, Gro Harlem.
Inter-American Development Bank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-122).

Contents:

Introduction: Early childhood investment and the intergenerational transmission of poverty / Ricardo Morán -- Part One: Intergenerational transmission of poverty: summary -- Family background and intergenerational poverty in Latin America / Ricardo Morán, Tarsicio Castañeda, and Enrique Aldaz-Carroll -- Part Two: Investing in early childhood: summary -- The role of early childhood investment in development / Amartya K. Sen -- Bringing in new actors / Gro Harlem Brundtland -- The impact of early childhood intervention on economic growth and equity / Miguel Urrutia -- How to invest in early childhood care and development / Robert G. Myers -- Investing in children : the role of the State in unequal societies / Nancy Birdsall.

ISBN:

9781931003568
1931003564

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53474900

LCCN:

03111122

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)