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Title:

Inequality in Latin America : breaking with history? / David de Ferranti ... [et al.].

Publisher:

The World Bank,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xii, 380 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Equality--Latin America.
Equality--Caribbean Area.
Latin America--Social conditions--1982-
Caribbean Area--Social conditions--1945-
Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-
Caribbean area--Economic conditions--1945-

Other Authors:

De Ferranti, David M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-380) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : motivation and conceptual framework -- Different lives : inequality in Latin America -- Group-based inequalities : the roles of race, ethnicity, and gender -- Historical roots of inequality in Latin America -- State-society interactions as sources of persistence and change in inequality -- Economic mechanisms for the persistence of high inequality in Latin America -- Policies on assets and services -- Policies on markets and institutions -- Taxation, public expenditures, and transfers.

Series:

World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies Viewpoints

ISBN:

9780821356654
0821356658

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53215849

LCCN:

2003063203

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)