Inequality in Latin America : breaking with history? / David de Ferranti [and others].
- Published:
- Washington, DC : The World Bank, [2004]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2004
- Physical Description:
- xii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- De Ferranti, David M.
- Series:
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0821356658
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-380).
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